Like you, I have voice and video calls scheduled on different days during the week for meetings. As if that wasn’t taxing enough, yesterday I had 7 back to back video calls lined up. I noticed something quite distressing on the last call. I looked like I was a hostage placed in front of a camera and noted that stale people licked cleaner in comparison to me. Some people struggle with a blank stare, most…
My anxiety mounts as soon as a visual hint appears warning me of the worst—the moment the battery meter flashes…
Once again, it occurred to me this morning. I was working on an email to a coworker and my phone suggested what I was going to say next before I even typed a single word. Instead of a single word, it was a complete sentence and surprisingly, the exact one I was thinking about. I was struck stiff, fingers poised above the keyboard, going through what I now refer to as “auto-complete anxiety”: an anxiety…