Have you ever sat at your desk, eyes glued to the clock, heart pounding as minutes slip through your fingers like sand?

You tell yourself, “Just one more task, one more deadline,” but the list only grows longer, and your breath feels shorter.

You’re not imagining it.

This isn’t just about being “busy.” It’s a deeper, more insidious captivity—a cage forged by the very concept of time we worship and fear.

The Race That Never Ends

We live in a world that demands speed:

Speed to succeed, speed to consume, speed to prove our worth.

We’re tethered to schedules, calendars, reminders—our minds flooded with the pressure to always do more.

But here’s the cruel truth few admit:

The clock doesn’t just tick; it taunts.

It whispers that you’re never enough, never fast enough, never ahead.

This pressure doesn’t just stress you—it erodes your creativity, steals your focus, and turns your days into a blur of frantic motion, where true presence is a forgotten luxury.

The Hidden Wound Within

What’s invisible is the slow burn inside your mind—a constant hum of anxiety, a shadow lurking beneath every moment.

It’s the feeling you get when you try to rest, but your thoughts sprint ahead, chasing tasks that will never end.

We’ve built this cage ourselves, piece by piece, brick by brick.

Social media tells us to keep up, education trains us to compete, and society pushes us to chase more—more success, more validation, more everything.