glorification of busy

We're all busy and most of us are too busy.

At some point in time, being "too busy" changed from being something that was undesirable to something that is the goal. And I am here to tell you (and myself) to quit it. 

Seriously, please stop. Stop glorifying being busy.

Being busy has become some type of badge of honor that we wear on our chests with pride. "Oh, sorry I can't - I have X and Y and Z". We LOVE(hate) being busy because for some reason it makes us feel important and inflates our sense of worth. 

But there is no glory in being too busy to do the things that make us happy. There is no joy in being too busy to do the things that we love to do. Being busy isn't always a good thing.

Let me say that again, being busy isn't always a good thing.

Make time to do the things that make you feel alive. Make time to see the people who remind you that you are loved and worthy. Make time to read and write if that's your thing. Or adventure into the outdoors. Whatever it is that you love to do, make time for that. Make time for the things that make your soul sing.

Stop killing yourself for things that you don't actually care about. Be intentional with your time and how you spend it. Because you've got this life to put your passion to work, don't waste it doing things because you think you need to be doing them (except like taxes and paying bills, definitely do that).

That thing that makes you happy, that thing that makes you feel good about yourself, that thing that makes you feel alive, go and do that.