I work in a corporate job and the manufactured stress stemming from people’s belief that things need to be done in a few days or the fake deadlines is exhausting.
Nothing in my job is related to life and death situations – it’s marketing for fucks sake. But we continue to “meet” pointless deadlines and scramble at the end of the day or the beginning of the day for what? So an article is up one day before… that no one cares about in reality.
I’ve come to conclude that people enjoy the stress because being in a rat race makes them feel accomplished. It has nothing to do with real goals or measurable outcomes. If people weren’t stressed and worried everyday then it would be too easy and overlords would think that people weren’t working.
If you do not work in health care or any other job that literally saves peoples lives or livelihoods then nothing is really as “urgent” as you think it is.