So Spring Break is over and it is time to get back to the ‘real world’. It is time to focus on the important issues of the day. To fill my schedule with appointments instead of taking the moments as they comes. To be aware of time instead of waking when the first person lazily rolls out of bed in the hotel room. It is time to start the day with the news and stay connected throughout the day instead of taking a subtle glance at the complimentary paper sitting outside the hotel room door. It is time to work through the ‘to do’ list on my computer instead of the ‘to ride’ list at the amusement park. It is time to regain my perspective and take back the serious issues at hand. It is time to understand the nature of our economic condition. So I start my post Spring Break blog with this tremendous graphic that needs no words to bring my life back into focus. Take a peak at http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/31/opinion/20090331_schott.html

Wow- perhaps I need another Spring Break.