Why does our society do this? Why do we glorify busy? We somehow feel special or successful when we say: "oh I'm so busy!" "I have so much going on!" "I'm so involved in life I can barely keep up!" "I've been running around like a chicken with my head cut off!" "Isn't it wonderful?"
Why?
Why is it wonderful when we are so busy we don't have time to rest?
Why is it wonderful when we don't have time for meaningful conversations with friends?
Why is it wonderful when we need to schedule a coffee date a month in advance?
Why does being busy give us pride?
Why does it somehow make us feel better than everyone else?
Why do we associate busy with success?
If we honestly stop and look at our lives, do we actually like this busy? Are we getting further ahead, or are we falling further behind? Are we becoming more ungrateful through the process? Are we putting unnecessary pressure on ourselves, and each other?
Maybe it's time to stop and re-examine our priorities.
It's in your "busy" that you find out what your priorities are anyways.
When you really think about this, are you accomplishing what you want to with your life?
And I really mean are you accomplishing what YOU want to with your life, not was society makes you feel like you need to accomplish?
You may want to make exercise or healthy eating a priority. However, you feel you have no time because of this, this, and this. Maybe you need to re-examine why you are doing those other things to begin with. Are they more of a priority to you than your health? If you answer no, then you need to make some adjustments.
Being busy is a matter of priorities and decisions.
Unfortunately, this is a sad realization when you have a friend who is always too busy to schedule you in. In all reality it pretty much means that you are not a priority in their life. Maybe it's the other way around. You feel so busy that you don't have time for your friends. Look at what you are doing, what's taking up your time? Adjust your priorities. Eventually your friend will catch on that you are "too busy" for them. Where will that leave you long term?
We are all capable of making decisions. We make our own choices. We may like to blame others, but ultimately the decisions we make are our own.
Do you feel like you are too busy? Are you willing to examine your life and adjust as necessary? What are you willing to give up? Are you willing to step away from society's norms and take time to rest? Are you willing to answer others with, "Actually I don't have much going on" or "Today I am resting" or "Today I'm focusing on my hobby", something for pure enjoyment. Are you willing to wake up and have a day or two where you can decide what you want to do that day? An unscheduled day?
Let's question why we do the things we do. Let's prioritize. Let's slow down. Let's stop the glorification of busy.
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