From the author: in this article I tried to stop and look back at the fast-paced life of a big city Life in the rhythm of a big city Moscow is so huge, noisy, bright. She is constantly evolving and never seems to sleep. This is the world of big politics, culture and sports. There is something going on there all the time: tournaments, championships, shows of famous artists, festivals and holidays. Tourists, students, businessmen, workers of various professions come here every day on business, study, and excursions. To make it easier for people to move around, new junctions and roads are being built, and new metro stations are opening. An increasing number of people are sucked into the funnel, in which they begin their run according to the special rules of this city. Often, the speed at which people live in Moscow and the general pace surprises, and sometimes repels, guests arriving here. The difference in speed can be felt very sharply after returning from seaside resorts, when calm and tranquility is replaced by a “race for survival”. Why is this happening? After all, in Moscow, as in any other city, people go for walks, to work, to run errands, and to buy groceries. Why is everything SO fast? Why every morning, every day we say the words: “Come on faster! I'm running away! Let's run, we'll be late!" I think transport has an important influence on speed. After all, in the capital, people do not walk, but drive, and the faster the better. Just as arteries and capillaries in the human body perform the most important functions, so do cars, buses, trolleybuses , trams and, of course, the metro are a life-sustaining necessity for a big city. Here, all transport operates according to a strict schedule, to which Moscow generally lives according to a schedule. For example, if you leave home just 10 minutes later in the morning, the traffic jam will already be overwhelming. your networks. And at the bus stop there will be a huge crowd of people waiting for the minibus, so it will be impossible to get on it. Often the journey takes more than two or three hours a day. To reduce this time, you have to hurry. The first one was paid. The one who managed to do it is a good man. Moscow is a city of big money. And whoever keeps up with it gets it. But a person in a hurry experiences a lot of stress. must" without stopping. Because stops are provided for by a strict schedule of vacations, holidays and public holidays, and extraordinary stops are possible only if there is sick leave. In such a fast pace, people often forget about their most important needs: they sleep little, eat little or overeat. Sooner or later, the body begins to give alarm signals: dizziness, headaches, fainting, nervous breakdowns. People get sick a lot and often, because illness is the only legitimate way to take a break. A modern Muscovite should ideally have not only physical, but also psychological speed. After all, you quickly have to not only run to the departing bus, but also change gears from one task to another. After all, in a city like Moscow, there are a lot of different factors that can ruin any plans very unexpectedly. Snowfall, leaf fall, freezing rain, accidents, road repairs, highway closures due to a politician's card, subway breakdown, power outage... Plans can collapse at the most inopportune moment. You have to quickly adapt to a new situation and make decisions immediately. Not everyone succeeds in this. Often people panic and don’t know what to do. After all, every person from birth has his own type of nervous system and his own pace. Some people are very slow, some people are not so slow. But no matter what your personal speed is, you still have to adjust it to the circumstances, which definitely causes a lot of stress. It turns out that many people do not live in their natural rhythm, but in a forced one, which they often simply cannot stand. A lot of anger and irritation accumulates. Human.