Things take the time they take

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When you’re in a rush, the world around you seems to slow down. Even your own body is too slow: your fingers fumble your shoelaces, you can’t find your phone. We search frantically for ways to shave seconds or perhaps a whole minute off a drive or an errand. And to what end?

I’m still reflecting on Oliver Burkeman’s Four T…