RUSH HOUR VS. REST HOUR: WHAT TIME REVEALS ABOUT US
Every day, cities around the world rise and race—horns blaring, feet pounding pavement, inboxes filling up by the minute. It’s rush hour, and the world spins fast. And then, just as predictably, it slows. Stores close, emails stop, lights dim. It’s rest hour. Or at least, it’s supposed to be. But what we do with each of these hours—and how we behave in them—reveals far more about who we are than just our schedules. Rush hour is a mirror of our ambition. It’s where urgency takes over. We measure our value in output. We glorify being busy. We schedule every minute, equating speed with success and multitasking with mastery. During this hour, we move like everyone’s watching—and judging. Yet the chaos of rush hour also exposes our collective anxiety. The traffic jam becomes a metaphor for our mental congestion. The subway packed shoulder-to-shoulder reflects how crowded our internal lives have become. It’s a time that thrives on structure, but is often devoid of space—for reflecti...