We live in a fast-paced world with long to-do lists and Google Calendars that are scheduled out down to the minute. Every day, we’ve got errands to run, meetings to attend, kids to raise, homes to clean, and money to make — and it can be all too easy to hustle from one goal to the next, without taking a second to pause or rest. 

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