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The Two Kinds of Tired
The older I get, the more I think there are two kinds of tiredness. The first comes from doing too much. This is the tiredness most of us recognize. It comes from long workdays, busy schedules, physical labor, caregiving, appointments, errands, and endless to-do lists. At the end of the day, your body aches, your feet hurt, and you know exactly why you’re tired. The second kind is harder to identify. It comes from being exposed to too much. Too much information. Too much noise. Too many notifications. Too many decisions. Too many opinions. Too many advertisements. Too many people wanting a piece of your attention. This kind of tiredness…
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What If We’re Missing More by Always Being Connected?
Somewhere along the way, constant accessibility became normal. Our phones go everywhere with us: into the kitchen into the garden into restaurants beside our beds into quiet moments that once belonged only to ourselves We check notifications while folding laundry. We scroll while waiting for water to boil. We answer messages while supposedly resting. Even moments of silence are quickly filled with noise from a screen. And most of us have been taught to feel uncomfortable if we are unavailable for too long. A missed text feels urgent. An unanswered message creates guilt. A notification pulls at our attention. Social media quietly convinces us everyone else is doing more, knowing…



