Why we need to rid ourselves of the burden of ‘being busy’

Ask any citizen of this century the question “how are you?” and the breathless response you’ll likely receive is “busy”, perhaps paired with a precursory flourish (crazy busy, ridiculously busy, I’m just so so busy) between hasty sips of a smartphone-adjacent latté. Indeed, it’s a miracle you’ve found time to pose the question, in a culture where coffee catch-ups are rain-checked, meetings moved more often than not and one can legitimately be excused from answering a text message because we’re all far too – you guessed it – busy….

Publication: Collective Hub

Date: 29/08/2016

Link: http://collectivehub.com/2016/08/why-we-need-to-rid-ourselves-of-the-burden-of-being-busy/