The “arrow of time” is a phrase coined in 1927, by Sir Arthur Eddington.
Basically, in the word “arrow,” he was making a claim that time only flows in one direction (which most of us can agree on.)
So time “passes,” or “goes by” in a forward direction.
And so, it creates a feeling of some kind of “time-line.”
The problems pop up when we think that there’s some kind of “place” or “position” we should be at any point along this line.
The act of starting something is real.
The act of working on something is real.
The act of completing something is real.
But the concept of being behind, or needing to catch up, is make-believe. It stems from looking at the person next door.
Sometimes when we take a bit of this “time” to realise what’s real and what’s made up, we can see there’s no such thing as “behind.”
Then we can bypass a bit of the frenzy and get back to whatever it is we want to focus on.
