2025-09-18
7 分钟Hi friends, it's Rosie here.
Welcome to Radio Headspace and to Thursday.
I was recently out to dinner with Tori and I had my phone just sitting face up on the table.
Not because I was waiting on anything urgent, just out of habit.
So today, I want to talk about a habit that many of us have internalized without realizing it.
Being constantly available to text, to work, to everyone but ourselves.
Let's be real, our devices and its alerts make it easy for us to engage.
But when did instant response become the measure of being a good friend or a good colleague or A good anything.
Midway through our meal, a text came in.
A friend was asking for advice.
Nothing critical.
But my impulse was to respond right then and there.
And Tori gently asked, can it wait?
And you know what?
It could.
But I still felt that familiar pull, like I owe people access to me 24-7.
It made me pause and think.
Where did I learn that availability equals love, or care, or even worth?
This got me thinking about a recurring theme from my early 20s.
Always being the one who replies fast.