And we have more free time, creating more opportunity…

And we have more free time, creating more opportunity to sit around obsessing over secondary problems or imagining tertiary ones. The result is conservation of anxiety: Things get better, but the level of bad feelings is unaffected.

— from Time

Also belongs to

• The Heart in the Cockpit (Emotion/Awe/Anxiety/Regret/Empathy)
• The Relationship With Yourself (Traits/Reflection)

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