Does life have WIP phase?

While commuting to office, suddenly all the vehicles slowed down and then everything stopped. One of us got down to check the reason and we realized that there was a 'Work in Progress(WIP)' board to get the road in better shape.
This made me think if life too had WIP phase? Do we realise and slow down?
Life has become so fast and demanding that we hardly have time to wait. Every now and then life does warn us, it seeks our attention in various ways. One way is when we are stuck by an illness. WIP board stares at us and expects us to slow down. But no, we hardly pay attention. We pop up medicines and off we go. It does have its own repercussions. We end up becoming like the road which is built in a hurry and pretty soon get the pot holes back.
Kids these days are sent to school at a pretty early age. Not that it's bad, but is the foundation strong enough? Every day in a child's life has the WIP moment. But we hardly wait.
Not just individuals, every relationship also has a WIP, where life expects you to act and build a better relation.

While I was still brooding on WIP, the person next to me stood up impatiently and asked the driver to take the wrong way.
I smiled to myself. Isn't this what we do in our lives? Take the wrong way or short cuts and end up in a JAM!!