Nowadays, I believe that technology (including that found in the workplace) is pushing for greater volumes and quicker processing of products and services, to serve higher populations. I have noticed that whenever I am personally overwhelmed or unable to keep up with the pace around me, I fail to recognize that this "pace" is actually created by myself. Nobody ever forced me to do things quickly, so why do I need to push myself beyond my capacities to reflect? In principal, this is much easier said than done, and the workplace is a good example of a contested site where people do indeed have pressure to work quicker and process more. However, I still believe that the way to approach those rush situations is still to turn back to one's own reflections and awareness. After all, the mind is not the one that is moving, so why get sick identifying with all the moving parts arising?
Even in cases where someone does not meditate a lot, I have personally found that stopping to reflect honesty on "what do I really think and feel about this?" can be a healthy way to really slow down and not over-identify with so many changes around me. This reflection doesn't have to be much and it doesn't need to come to the point of vexation. It is more like checking in with oneself to see what the state of their mind is like. Is the mind confusing its thoughts with itself? Is it just complicating things by insisting that everything be resolved at once? What is the mind doing to confuse itself into thinking that everything needs to be resolved at this moment? Again, sometimes it's not the environment that does this, but in fact the tendency to want to resolve conflicts, tensions and confusions all at once so that they don't need to be faced.
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