Free Time

Topin Nº 8 : Free Time

I think people's life is going everyday faster and quickly than before. Time is relative, so, maybe one hour ten years ago
is like 30 minutes of today. The reason? Some cientifics like Prigogine, says that time is going faster, like an spiral and
we are going on the "top" of this structure. But what can cause such sensation? Maybe the answer is Technology.
As long as technology is part of our lives, we are forgeting how to do things by somehting that I call the "Elemental way",
to resolve problems by ourselves and put more time in our activities. And this is like "a big snow ball", because in the way
that we use techonology and this resource makes things faster and easier, we want to do almost the double of work than we
could make without using it. So, people of this century, doesn't have enough time for themselves. Like an example,

"Blackberrys" are really helpful, but they convert you in a "slave" of your work or information. With that escene who can
get disconnected from their works with just going outside of the office?
In my case, I'm just an estudent and my work is just to be learning and reading, and for that reason, I don't have much time
free for me in the week. Every day I rest like 30 or 45 minutes after the University, but I'm always so tired, that this
"free time" I spend it just sleeping, in a very bad sleeping by the way. Anf of course, apart from that, I use my free time
to play guitar and listen to music, for sure, I couldn't let music behind.
So it's clear that I don't use my free time wisely, but I keep on the guitar.
Just in summer, I can read more about topics that I like: politics and history.
If I had more time, I think I'd like to go lot of time out of my house, to make photography every where: parks, streets,
people, etc. And also I would spend it writing a book, because on this life you should plant a tree, have a son, and write a book. I haven't do any of this three misions, so I'd like first to write a book, and then going with the son and the tree.
Anyway, It doesn't matter what do you do in your free time, except for one thing: to do nothing. Leisure time, is the mother
of all the vices.

Greetings.

Post # 7: summary from a career-related article from The Guardian

-Britain to send more troops to Afghanistan, Gordon Brown confirms-

This article was extracted from "The Guardian" and talks about the decition of Britain, to send more troops to Afghanistan.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that he agree to increase the British forces from 9000 to 9500, ¿the reasons to remain British troops in Afghanistan?: " to protect the streets of Britain" from the rise of al-Qaida, said. Almost 6 years of war, things in Afghanistan seems to be “normal”, but the situation it’s still dangerous. There are terrorist groups making terrorism inside the country, killing citizens and people. The British commanders, says that more troops are needed to keep order and help to build the structure of a new government and society, the funny thing is that how is possible to “build” a new structure of society, if they aren’t Afghans?. Apart from that, the Afghan Government supported by Britain, have a bad image: Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat leader, questioned whether it was right for British soldiers to be "fighting and dying for an Afghan government that is deeply corrupt?". Also, no one knows certainly which plans will take Barack Obama, so a third of the people in the UK, believes that British Army should withdraw. According to these, article mentions that it seems Gordon Brown will have to attempt to improve his image over the people of Britain, because the Afghan war appears to be overrated, and citizens doesn’t want anymore to see their troops dying and suffering “post-war” consecuences. Brown insisted that British soldiers do receive proper training and that veterans are given priority in accessing mental health services, but nothing can erase atrocity of war. The article concludes that is truly unknown what is going to happen if Americans doesn’t manifest if they keep going on war or get their troops back home, Barack Obama said in the “coming weeks” he would make an announce. For now, war is still alive.