Lynda ArtesaniLegal Accountant and Data Migration Specialist at The Proper Trust

Always On - The Pressure of Modern Life

13 May 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief YouTube excerpt, Speaker A reflects on the modern "always‑on" culture that demands constant responsiveness, describing it as a relentless, cue‑driven pressure. Acknowledging personal difficulty in making immediate decisions, Speaker A emphasizes the importance of giving oneself time to breathe and think, contrasting deliberate contemplation with reactionary behavior. Speaker B offers minimal acknowledgment, allowing Speaker A to elaborate on the need for intentional pauses in decision‑making.

I do feel that we're in a day and age though right now where we are always on demand, always on cue, always on boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. You should know this. Why don't you know this kind of thing? And to be fair, I'm more and more saying, you know, I really have to think about it. I'm not really interested in making that decision right now.
Mm-hmm.
I feel like that's, that's probably one of the things that you will hear more frequently from an established owner is, Giving yourself the time to breathe and think it through versus the reactionary.
Very well put. Yeah, sometimes it's okay to say, hey, you know what, I'm gonna have to get back to you on this one. I've really got to think it through.