Gemma Speck

More so than ever,

busyness psychologically has become a status symbol there is research suggesting that in the us in particular social perception is such that being busy and having little leisure time now means that you were important it used to me that mean that the more leisure time you had the less like the more important you were basically because you could afford to not work now it shows that you're in demand that you're needed

Being busy is the equivalent to having a designer handbag or a BMW.

Longer hours, less free time.

Again, it conveys social importance.

This is as twisted as it sounds because it's like only a particular kind of busyness, right?

There's only a particular kind of grind and hustle that's glamorized.

People working three jobs to support their kids.

People doing 14-hour factory shifts, like...

That is not glamorized the way that a CEO sitting around the country is.

So nowadays, like we have this shift and your phone is constantly showing that narrative directly into your face and into your life at all times.

Even if you don't think that is, even if you think you're not picking up on this message, even when you're not actively thinking that you're comparing yourself to others online, that's

Your brain is naturally going to do it.

Your brain is collecting information on those who are achieving, the image, their progress, the praise they're getting, and what is considered impressive right now.

And this influences your self-perception and therefore your attitude towards success.

rest.

Even if you're not someone who thinks of yourself as competitive, modern life is set up in a way that pushes you into competition, even when you didn't really choose to be there.

That is what is happening.

So let's switch gears here for a second.

There's also this other element that we need to talk about that makes rest feel bad.