Evolution, Schedules, and the Quiet Cost to Mental Health
Psychology Today | 23.01.2026 07:52
For much of our existence, clocks and calendars did not exist to mark time. Instead, we lived according to the cycle of day and night. Weather, hunger, or seasons dictated when we ate, slept, and moved season to season continuing to survive. As humans, we have always lived spontaneously, in tune with natural rhythms, not according to an artificial, structured format. The idea of time as a scarce resource to be measured, tracked, and optimized is a recent invention. It now places a strain on the human mind. A strain that our biology was never built to handle.