I'll be honest it drives me crazy when I ask someone how they are and all I get is a blow by blow description of how little time they have, how much they have to do, what long hours they're keeping, how they can't keep up....like it's a badge of honour plastered firmly on their chest!!!
I'd also be telling untruths if I told you that I couldn't recall responding to someone's enquiry in the same fashion. But then a colleague sent me a Facebook post that simply said 'Stop The Glorification of Busy' and I thought 'yes'!!!
I made a conscious decision that day to limit my need to tell people how 'busy' I was, like I was justifying my existence in some way. Even though I may be a busy person, do I really need to tell people? What I then noticed was that even if I didn't respond with the 'busy, busy, busy' line, people would often encourage me to admit it....
"Hi how are you?"
"Really well thanks!"
"Have you been keeping busy?"
Ummmm, if I don't say 'yes' does that mean that something must be wrong, or that I'm lazy or that I simply should be busy coz that's what we all do...busy, busy, busy!!!
What I do know is that everything I do in my day is a choice....everything! So if by making these choices I end up without a minute to spare??
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