The constant rush through life leads to anxiety and dissatisfaction.

Evidence

A ringer. This had been true my whole life. … The unspoken assumption behind most of my forward momentum was that whatever was coming next would definitely be better. — Dan Harris, 10 percent Happier, 279

Categorization

  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Dan Harris, 10 percent Happier, 279
  • XREF: connects to: Everyday attention lapses and memory failures have affective consequences of mindlessness. — Everyday attention lapses and memory failures; Life finds only illusory goals and ultimate disappointment when confined to itself — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 845; Pre-modern life was itself fraught with anxiety and risk — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 254 (+2 more)

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