The Slow Country

  Living in the South has changed my way of thinking about passing time.  I used to set and fret about all the things that I had to accomplish on my ToDo list.  Being ambitious in the South looks much different than in the North.  Goals are still set and ToDo lists are still important but the pace is not as important.

We moved to the Low country of South Carolina about two and a half years ago.  As we get older the pace suits us better, it is a slower life.  People around here call it the slow country for a good reason.  Life moves in a more relaxed groove.  Their are many retired people that live in this area but even the millennials seem to take their time.

I remember the days of hurried living where everything in life had a pressing deadline but now it seems like deadlines are on a sliding scale. If it don't get done this month we still have time.  It took me sometime to adjust to this slower pace, realizing that no matter how hard I pushed people or plans things just happen when they happen.

You will still now and then run into some people who have not adjusted to this way of life yet.  Rakers and Shovelers people who are out to change the known order of things.  They try and change this place with money and applied leverage but things seem to go back to where they were after the money runs out.

Their is a difference between slow and boring.  Things around here are far from being boring and just because the process runs a little slower doesn't mean that life is without color.  Oh no... Their is plenty of excitement and it seems to never end.  Their is always something to see and something to do.  New adventures wait just around the corner.  The South has come a long way since the little tobacco towns and the bales of white cotton.

It has become the desired way of life for more and more people every year. Thanks for letting me ramble!