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When meditation time crawls but work time flies

I keep checking the clock during my meditation and getting frustrated that twenty minutes feels like an hour but my workday disappears in what feels like twenty minutes.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You're discovering that your relationship with time changes based on what you're paying attention to, and this reveals how little control you actually have over your experience of duration.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Chronos vs. Kairos — clock time vs. the right moment?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.