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Mind Your Busyness“One of these days when I have the time...” Sound familiar? We live in a busy world: we have more choices, demands, chores, and leisure options than we can handle. Everyone seems busy today, even retirees and children. Being busy can be fun. You know the joy of whittling down your “to do” list, or finishing up a tough project. But it can also be frustrating when you feel buried in endless tasks that seem trivial. Some people consider busyness a measure of their worth, but it can be a trap. Busyness can keep you so distracted you don’t have time to think about yourself or your life. Between working, meetings, classes, watching TV, commuting, exercising, hobbies, and volunteering, there’s no time to relax. You can stay so busy that you end up missing out on what is truly important to you: family, health, inner peace, growth. Some of us are so consumed with work that we’re too preoccupied (or tired) to be good company for our loved ones. It’s important to appreciate our work, but we need other dimensions in our life, too. Sadly, some people are too busy to even think about this until the wake up call that comes too late. Here’s a way to gauge your level of busyness and the extent to which it’s the norm for you: sit down and let yourself do nothing. Yes, just sit. Not sit and talk, just sit. Not sit and watch TV, or read the paper, Just sit. Relax. Most people tell me when they try this, they can’t relax. They start thinking about all the things they need to do. Stop! We need to remember that we are human beings, not human doings. We all need time to simply “be.” We need to relax, unwind, and rebuild, but who takes the time? We work all day, hassle with problems, watch TV, catch the late news report, and then throw ourselves into bed, struggling to shut off our overburdened mind! So how do you mind your busyness? Awareness is the first step. If you’re feeling rushed, pressured, and overloaded, reexamine your priorities. Determine what’s essential to you, and what’s not. Think about how you are spending most of your time, and how you feel about that. Keep in mind that all busyness isn’t necessarily a “bad” thing; it’s simply a matter of balance. What would you rather be doing right now, and what’s stopping you from doing it? Are you putting off things that are extremely important to you in lieu of immediate, urgent, low priority demands? Is what you’re doing with the time of your life what you truly want to be doing, or are you too busy right now to even ask the question? Permission to reproduce with byline: |
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