If you think about it, we should have more time than ever.

Life expectancy has more than doubled in the last century. Healthcare interventions and new drugs are curing diseases that would have killed us not too long ago.

Emails are faster than letters. Washing machines are faster than hand washing. Car and trains are faster than travelling by horseback. Internet speeds get faster every year. We have unprecedented levels of time- and effort-saving devices at our disposal.

And yet, for a lot of our lives we feel rushed. We say things like, “I would love to read more/go to the gym/learn a language/cook my own meals/catch up with old friends… if I only had the time.”

The problem clearly is not that we have a shortage of time. Perhaps we have an overload of everything else.