Vault: Why is it so hard to relax?
The Bert Show
The Bert Show
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🗓️ 6 July 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The Bert Show. |
| 0:01.3 | Jen and I both brought up something after the show yesterday that we're both struggling with, |
| 0:06.1 | and then Wendy was nodding. |
| 0:07.7 | So this may be a chronic problem. |
| 0:09.8 | Okay. |
| 0:10.3 | That in this generation or this world that we live in where downtime or relaxed time feels like wasted time. |
| 0:39.2 | At least that's the way, at least that's the way it feels for me. Yeah, I can't really relax. Like, I realized it last week when I've been, last week and this week while I've been sick. Like, you know, the doctor, I went to the doctor and basically they said, just rest. Like, sit still, just rest. Like, let your body get better. and I feel guilty about it like the entire time like if I'm sitting on the couch watching TV I feel guilt about it like I should be |
| 0:43.6 | doing something else I should be at least like on my laptop checking and responding to emails I |
| 0:48.1 | should be well you know on my Blackberry clearing that out or calling somebody or returning phone calls |
| 0:52.6 | or paying bills or whatever it is doing laundry. |
| 0:55.8 | I mean, like I never can really truly just sit still and relax. |
| 1:00.2 | And I have a theory about this. |
| 1:03.4 | And I think Burt might be the most qualified person to weigh in on this because you have kids, |
| 1:08.7 | which would be another like a forced distraction. |
| 1:11.4 | But I think the reason that we all feel that way is because of the Blackberry or the iPhone |
| 1:18.8 | or the smartphone that you carry. |
| 1:21.0 | Because when it came up in the meeting, Jen brought it up first, and then I kind of seconded |
| 1:26.1 | it and said, I'm trying to get better at it. |
| 1:28.1 | Wendy nodded through the whole thing, but Melissa didn't really respond. |
| 1:32.3 | Melissa is also the most disciplined about setting up her BlackBerry or whatever. |
| 1:37.7 | My Samsung code. |
| 1:39.1 | Your Samsung code, which get an email on it, though, right? |
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