Another reason people say busy is a lot of americans are obsessed with filling every waking hour with some sort of activity, even if that activity isn’t all that important. Like there are people that will plan their schedule purposefully to drive themselves crazy: work from 9 to 6, dinner from 6 to 7, television from 7 to 8, ping pong from 8 to 9, reading from 9 to 10, and snack time from 10 to 10:30. These people are definitely not that busy but they act like they are because all of their extra curricular activities are in some sort of schedule for the insane. I don’t bother with these people, I have no patience for the neurotic.

And then there are people that just prioritize everything over relationships with others. I don’t bother with these people either. At the end of their life they will have no friends or family because they were too busy for everyone.

Your post, and the comments, give me clear clues about where I’m going wrong and what to do about it.

I’ve veered off course – consciously – away from my true artistic gifts to related work that makes money. I’m avoiding the fact that the part that leaves me with no pension is the part where I have the skills, the knowledge, the experience and the fun.

Meanwhile, working on my business from home and desperate not to feel like a layabout, I’ve been going in circles not realising that I’ve actually reached my modest long-term business goal, and I now have to *stop* and re-evalute where to go next.

I’ve created a small, simple business that gives me a modest, reliable income. The idea was to keep it simple and use the time and energy that it frees up to go back to my art, but this little money-making thing I’ve created has turned out to be annoyingly awesome. People want it to grow and develop into a much bigger thing. That’s really scary. I ought to face the fears and serve my customers, but where does that leave my empty sewing room?

I clearly have more to say about this somewhere else. Thank you for the opportunity to vent!

Love how you tackle to too busy whirl without making it mean one should do less! yum. I love my projects and I don’t want to give them up…. I also love my valuable laying on the couch veg time! What will I tell people when they comment on how busy I am (which they often do)?

I have a saying: I’m not lazy, I’m efficient….. Wonder what the “busy” equivalent might be?

I’m not busy…. I’m…. um….. powerful.

oh yeah.

Thanks for the meditation!
Krista