A lot of the time, we must assign our own meaning to the numbers on the clock. 8:30 AM is work kicking off, 12 PM is lunch, and 5PM is when the corporate chains release us to what’s left of the day.

While Gen Z is often referred to as “digital natives,” some of us born in the early 2000s still remember a time when the internet wasn’t quite as ever-present as it is today. My family didn’t get a ...