“We are not only gregarious animals, liking to be in sight of our fellows, but we have an innate propensity to get ourselves noticed, and noticed favorably, by our kind.” Perhaps it’s not the wanting to be noticed that’s a cause for concern, but the lengths to which we go to achieve this. When we aren’t the recipients of whatever we’ve determined to be the marker of specialness, all too often we can feel empty and unfulfilled. As a counterweight, we add more to our days, making our lives faster and busier in the present in pursuit of success and recognition in the future.
