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LESS STRESS: MORE YES
Where had the time gone?
She opened her browser history. A digital trail of
breadcrumbs leading to… nowhere.
• Email. Hours. Endless emails. Reading
them. Responding to them. Deleting them. A
black hole of productivity.
• Social media. A quick check turned into a
thirty-minute scroll. Cat videos. Political rants.
Friends' vacation photos. A time vortex
disguised as entertainment.
• News websites. The latest crisis. The
breaking scandal. The doom and gloom. Each
click a tiny hit of adrenaline, followed by a
lingering sense of unease.
• Online shopping. Just browsing. A few
minutes here, a few minutes there. Suddenly,
an hour was gone, and she was the proud
owner of a pair of shoes she didn't need.
The realization hit her like a punch to the gut. The
Time Bandit. It wasn't some shadowy figure lurking
in the dark. It was her.
She was the one stealing her own time. Piece by
piece. Minute by minute.
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