Do you know someone who is constantly complaining about how busy they are? How there isn’t enough hours in a day? Or how they are just so stressed? Maybe you are this person. It seems like so many people are spinning their wheels trying to balance work and life. But how productive are you, when so much time is devoted to this balancing act? How much are you accomplishing?
Marc and Angel, a motivation blog, had something to say about it and we couldn’t agree more. Try and live a more meaningful life instead of filling your calendar with commitments.
Busyness isn’t a virtue, nor is it something to respect. Though we all have seasons of crazy schedules, very few of us have a legitimate need to be busy ALL the time. We simply don’t know how to live within our means, prioritize properly, and say no when we should.Being busy rarely equates to productivity these days. Just take a quick look around. Busy people outnumber productive people by a wide margin. Busy people are rushing all over the place, and running late half of the time. They’re heading to work, conferences, meetings, social engagements, etc. They barely have enough free time for family get-togethers and they rarely get enough sleep. Yet, emails are shooting out of their smart phones like machine gun bullets, and their day planners are jammed to the brim with obligations. Their busy schedule gives them an elevated sense of importance. But it’s all an illusion. They’re like hamsters running on a wheel.Though being busy can make us feel more alive than anything else for a moment, the sensation is not sustainable long term. We will inevitably, whether tomorrow or on our deathbed, come to wish that we spent less time in the buzz of busyness and more time actually living a purposeful life.
