Convenience changes expectations until yesterday’s miracle becomes today’s delay.

Whatever was astonishing becomes the floor within about a year. Same-day delivery, instant search, video calls to anywhere: each was a marvel and is now simply the expected baseline, and the failure to meet it feels like an insult rather than a return to normal.

When you catch yourself irritated by a wait, notice what you are comparing against. Not the alternative that existed a decade ago, only the best case from last week. That recognition will not slow anything down and it does restore a bit of proportion.