Are you a ‘crazy busy’ PR person? Please, slow down!

I’m sure almost everyone in your life, including you, is “busy”—with work, family, activities, and life in general.

I’ll admit that I’m usually one of those people. A friend asks “How’s life going?” and my response would be, “Oh my gosh, we are just so busy.”

Then, I read an article in The New York Times called “The Busy Trap“—and my mind was blown.

I highly recommend you read the article in full, but here’s a quick summary of author Tim Kreider’s amazing perspective on life.

• “I’m so busy” is usually a boast of how much you are doing or have going on—you’re looking for the person to say, “That’s better than the alternative, I guess.”
• The people working three jobs won’t tell you they are busy—instead, they are exhausted.
• Almost everyone is “busy,” but when you ask them what they are busy with, it’s usually self-imposed deadlines and activities.
• Being “busy” is a choice: choosing to do everything possible to fill a human need to feel like you are an intricate part of something bigger.