One of my first freelance clients was located on the East Coast in Boston, while I lived in Los Angeles. At first, I didnāt think it would be much of a problem. But eventually the time difference started to get pretty stressful.
It always seemed like I was playing catch up. Since my client was three hours ahead of me, I would sit down at my computer in the morning already feeling behind. Iād wake up at 7 am to a cascade of unread emails and notifications demanding my immediate attention. This made it pretty difficult to focus on my work without feeling like my attention was being pulled in a hundred different directions.
In the age of the internet, high-speed connections, email, and instant messaging that goes straight to the devices we keep on ourselves nearly 24/7, information overload is both real and a huge problem. With all the ads to click, blogs to read, and posts to like, itās no wonder we often feel like the internet is drowning us instead of lifting us up.