I’m Busy

I love this girl’s blog, especially this post

Pocketful of Joules

Why is being busy some kind of brag nowadays?

Is it to prove to everyone that we’re so incredibly awesome that we’re in high demand everywhere?

I know that there are a bunch of ways of being “busy” – among those are the people who are actually overextended, those who use busy as a convenient excuse when they don’t really want to do something, and those haven’t figured out how to say ‘no’ or multitask.

My favorite is the people that use “busy” as a way to brag about themselves.

I’ve had full conversations with people where they basically list their task list with the expectation of me just oohing and aahing over their fabulous busyness.

You can really add in the fun if you want to then tell them about YOUR crazy schedule and get into some sort of busy pissing match with them.

You know how it goes:

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