Welcome to the Happiness podcast. I'm Dr. Robert Puff.

Do you ever feel that life is just passing you by?

There's just so many different things to do and there's never enough time.

And perhaps you're so busy that when you finally get time to

stop and rest, you fall asleep. I don't know if you've flown anywhere recently, but the next time

you get on the plane, get up, go to the bathroom in the front of the back of the plane wherever you're

sitting and just look at people as you walk by. Try the front of the back of the plane wherever you're sitting,

and just look at people as you walk by.

Try to walk the entire distance of the plane and look at everyone.

And what you'll probably find is that whether it's 8 o'clock in the morning or 8 o'clock

at night, most people, when they're forced to disconnect from the world and have nothing to do, they fall asleep.

A couple of friends of mine who are doctors have told me repeatedly that the number one thing

they hear from their clients when they come in for an appointment is Doc, I'm just so tired.

Is there anything you can do to help? Why are so many of us exhausted?

Why are we constantly feeling the pressure to be busy, to be productive, to be on the go?

The truth is, society puts a lot of pressure on us. Being busy can equate to success. So if you want to be successful,

you better be busy. But there's a cost to all this rushing around. Instead of absorbing experiences,

we have superficial experiences where we barely pay attention to what's going on. And that means

we're missing out on life. Then we have missed connections where we barely pay attention to what's going on. And that means we're missing out on life.

Then we have misconnections where we're truly not listening to others or being present with them

because we're in our head rushing around, thinking about the next thing we need to do,

and not being fully present with the person we're with right now. We develop what I call sensory numbness.

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