You check the time again.
The hours feel short. The list feels long.
And the next thing is already pressing before the last one lands.
We manufacture urgency without realising it.
Deadlines that could bend. Tasks that could wait.
Pressure we inflate and then treat as fixed.
But when you pause and look back, there's a trail.
Work you finished. Problems you solved. Quiet wins that never asked for applause.
None of that happened faster because you watched the clock.
It happened because you showed up.
Take a breath.
Not everything is burning.
The next thing will still be there when you're ready.
And you've already come further than you're giving yourself credit for.
