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"Too Many Tabs" Syndrome · The Cubby and Christine Morning Show

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  Speaker 1: If you feel mentally overwhelmed, we have something here I
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  Speaker 1: think might make you feel better. 106.7 Light FM, Cubby, Christine,
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  Speaker 1: and Kristen made me feel better when you told me
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  Speaker 1: about it. It was a good way to kind of
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  Speaker 1: view things.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we share so we know we're not alone and
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  Speaker 2: it's okay. If you do feel overwhelmed and you're forgetting things,
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  Speaker 2: it's okay, Cubby. We may have too many tabs open.
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  Speaker 1: Love that analogy.
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  Speaker 2: It is wonderful. Some psychologists are calling it. It feels
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  Speaker 2: like your brain has 37 tabs open at the same time.
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  Speaker 1: Like 47 or 57 for me.
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  Speaker 2: Tell me about it. So it's going on for most
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  Speaker 2: of us, right? This was a survey of over 2,000 people,
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  Speaker 2: and we're just finding life a little overwhelming. What's clogging
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  Speaker 2: up all that mental bandwidth? Work deadlines, meetings, appointments, household chores, bills.
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  Speaker 2: Basically the endless list of adult responsibilities. So signs that
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  Speaker 2: you have too many tabs open include putting something somewhere
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  Speaker 2: safe and then you forgot where you put it.
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  Speaker 1: All the time.
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  Speaker 2: All the time. You know, you walk into a room
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  Speaker 2: and you forget why you went in there. Remembering something
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  Speaker 2: important right as you're falling asleep. Does your mind race?
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  Speaker 1: All the time. You think of the most important things.
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  Speaker 2: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: And then one, actually last week I Googled, how do
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  Speaker 1: I stop my mind from racing? And I got several
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  Speaker 1: quotes that made me feel better. Like, you know, worrying
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  Speaker 1: tonight won't solve tomorrow. That kind of stuff.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Some of the old school sayings are very true. Right. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: But I wish we had a button on our body
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  Speaker 1: where we could do a control alt delete or just restart.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Clear cache.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: Because too many tabs is a real thing.
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  Speaker 2: Last night, Eric said to me, because I have such
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  Speaker 2: a hard time falling asleep again because of thoughts, he said,
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  Speaker 2: could you just unplug your brain? I'm like, yeah, I
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  Speaker 2: wish I could.
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  Speaker 1: It'd be amazing if we could, right?
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  Speaker 2: We could just do that. But yeah, this is just
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  Speaker 2: that general overwhelm. I don't know. I get to the
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  Speaker 2: point where it's like my head hurts and I do.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like I have to shut down. Like I
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  Speaker 2: can't even answer sometimes text messages or DM or anything.
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  Speaker 2: I just.
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  Speaker 1: Or a text comes in. I used to feel like
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  Speaker 1: I had to respond to a text right away. I
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  Speaker 1: let texts... Sit sometimes. I'm like, I can't. I just can't.
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  Speaker 2: Yes. Right. What is that?
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  Speaker 1: Meanwhile, my kids.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, that's immediate.
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  Speaker 1: Their brains are nice and fresh. Yeah. Like Naomi will say,
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  Speaker 1: you know, on July 5th around noon, you said we
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  Speaker 1: go to the playground.
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  Speaker 2: And not only that, she'll tell you in German.
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  Speaker 1: Right. I know, like that fresh mind.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, she's learning.
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  Speaker 1: All right.
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  Speaker 2: It's incredible. But yes, we are not alone. Not to
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  Speaker 2: be concerned if you're going through this.
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  Speaker 1: If you can relate, give us a text. In fact,
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  Speaker 1: we are open for text business. What's up with you today?
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  Speaker 2: 44363.