Busy Isn't a Badge of Honor

When someone asks you how you’re doing, do you always say, “oh, crazy busy?” If so, you aren’t alone.

There are so many reasons why we answer this way, everything from your mindset and automated response to positioning your status in the group. Maybe there is an undertow of needing significance or maybe you’re just the type of person who takes on a lot and just likes to share all that’s going on.  Whatever drives your need to wear busy as a badge we’re going to dive into it. 

In this episode, we’re going to take a look at why you’re really always so busy and show you that your life doesn’t always have to feel like you’re on the busy express. 

• Society puts value and worth on being busy. A study by HBR shows people wearing a Bluetooth hands-free earpiece were considered a higher standard than those wearing headphones. 
• Busy is an addiction, we’ve wired our brains to believe the busier we are the more successful we are. 
• Busy can cover the truth of how we are really feeling. The busier we are the more we can pretend life is great. 
• We have become a distracted generation. While our to-do lists aren’t any longer, the amount of concentration-time we can spend at once is VERY short. 

Tips to break the busy habit: 

• Learn to pass the torch of being the one that everyone goes to for the answers 
• Create a distraction-less environment, close social media, turn off alerts and your phone, close the door 
• Think beyond your to-do list -- focus on what you are working on right in this moment. 

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EPISODE RESOURCES

Articles + Podcasts: 

Why Americans are so Impressed by Business, HBR (article) 

Multi-Tasking Isn’t Making You More Efficient (article)

Conspicuous Consumption of Time: When Busyness and Lack of Leisure Time Become a Status Symbol (article)

Watch Your Mouth! The Power of Language (podcast) 

Take a Break Get More Done (blog post) 

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