How do I stop feeling like I'm always running out of time?

The first thing to notice: that feeling isn't really about minutes. It's about attention. Laozi observed that the Tao doesn't hurry, yet nothing is left undone. We panic because we're measuring ourselves against a clock that has no stake in our lives. What if you spent three days tracking not how busy you are, but where your attention actually *wants* to go? You'll likely find pockets—maybe twenty minutes here, an hour there—that feel different. Those aren't stolen from your schedule; they're where kairos lives. Chronos is the metronome. Kairos is the moment when you're so absorbed that time dissolves. Most people chase more time when they actually need permission to recognize the right moments already happening. Start small: tomorrow, identify one thing that genuinely matters to you, and give it unhurried attention for however long feels true. Not because you're "optimizing"—because it's actually alive. The paradox is this: when you stop desperately defending time, you find you had enough all along.