The perception of the time famine is widespread,and has provoked a variety of reactions. One is an attempt to gain the largest possible amount of satisfaction from the smallest possible investment of time. People today want fast food,sound bytes and instant gratification. And they become upset when time is wasted. The stress we feel arises not from a shortage of time,but from the surfeit of things we try to cram into it. It's the kid in the candy store. There's just so many good things to do. The array of choices is stunning. Our free time is increasing, but not as fast as our sense of the necessary. A more successful remedy may lie in understanding the problem rather than evading it. Today, being curious by nature ,we are still trying to do the same. But the global village is a world of limitless possibilities ,and we can never achieve our aim. It is not more time we need:it is fewer desires. We need to buy less,read less and travel less. We need to set boundaries for ourselves,or be doomed to mounting despair.