Busy {a four letter word}
Every time I'm asked, "How are you today"", my default answer is, "Busy".
I'm busy. My kids are busy. My husband is busy. Everyone in this household is busy.
And it's summer. Summer of all the times of the year! I have vague memories of me planning to have a no bullshit, laid back summer. We just had to make it to the end of dance season which was quite literally June 30th. Make it to June 30th and we'd have the rest of the summer to relax.The plan was to take a few dance classes, lounge by the pool, casually drop in at Starbucks, browse the aisles of Target. Summer was going to save us all and allow us to relax and be lazy...
But June 30th came and went and here we are almost July 30th and we are still busy. Busy has become a four letter word.
Back when I first started blogging and Pinning (what did I actually do before Pinterest" Oh yeah, laundry), I remember seeing this quote, "Stop the Glorification of Busy". I googled it a few weeks ago, and the origin of it is a little spotty, but this article seems to have quoted it first. Why are people everywhere glorifying the fact that they are busy. It feels like the biggest one-ups-manship contest on Earth. Tell someone what you are doing, they will tell you they are doing the same, but like three more things. As if that makes us super human. Are we any happier cramming every second of the day with an activity" Does it make a difference if we keep ourselves and our families s...
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