I’ve had many corporate jobs where my manager insists on getting something done immediately because it is urgent or high priority. I at first felt awful if I didn’t get something within a specific deadline. But then I started really thinking about it and realized the absurdity of it all. Almost no one in a corporate setting is saving lives. We aren’t surgeons, firefighters, or other first responders. I’m at a desk looking at spreadsheets and writing papers. Why is that urgent? And yes we have clients as well but at the end of the day if we don’t meet a deadline due to the absurd amount of work and unreasonable timelines then so what? The corporate world has made me feel constantly stressed like every single thing is an emergency and if I don’t get it in on time then I’m ruining a life. It took me a long time to realize this but I’m still working on shifting my mentality to reflect this change.