Comments on: Don't tell me you're busy

By: Working Hard Or Working Lots? | Blog do Rodolfo Sabino

Working Hard Or Working Lots? | Blog do Rodolfo Sabino — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:59:50 +0000

[...] Então, quando você diz: "Eu estou trabalhando tão duro, mas não obtive resultados", é muito provável que você esteja colocando o seu esforço no lugar errado. Não trabalhe cegamente. Trabalhar com afinco, com um olho afiado, e se é o tempo dedicado que você pretende apontar como evidência de suas realizações, sejam eles horas passadas nos lugares que importam e fazem a diferença. Estar ocupado não é o mesmo que trabalhar duro. [...]

By: Liz

Liz — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:26:44 +0000

Liza,

This "concept" has been around for centuries. It's called Zen by some and others call it the teachings of Jesus Christ! Not to get all religious, because I'm not.

If you're interested read Ekhart Tolle's "A New Earth". That will absolutely blow your mind… it's so "obvious" but so not all at the same time.

Enjoy!

By: Use your words — Tamsen McMahon

Use your words — Tamsen McMahon — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:19:16 +0000

[...] had such a busy day. I've had such a full day. I commit to exercising every day this week. Every day, I commit to [...]

By: Jill Bode

Jill Bode — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:36:18 +0000

Thanks for the lovely reality check! I'm grateful to @AmberCadabra for passing it along. Now I'm going to pass it on to a few other Dames!

By: matchmaker

matchmaker — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:46:05 +0000

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By: A meditation « Sherdie

A meditation « Sherdie — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:07:36 +0000

[...] So far so good. After a hectic, headless chook-type day, I was stupidly close to calling quits on the class and staying at work to get on top of things before dragging home with a buzzing mind and burning eyeballs. Happily I went with the sane option of realising that the idea of getting on top of things is a complete fallacy and that it was time to stop thinking that being (over)busy does not make me big or clever, it just makes me tired, …. [...]

By: Silvana

Silvana — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:16:30 +0000

Busy gives you a way to ignore parts of your life that are falling apart and need attention.

Perfect!! Thanks!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:17:45 +0000

Although I understand the intent, I'd be more inclined to agree with this post if I'd not just read that American households watch on average 8.3 hrs/day of TV! Sorry but running around the office in a frenzy all week while simultaneously updating me on 5-6 shows that you watch does NOT make you busy – it makes you a slacker with misplaced priorities. The folks who do the heavy lifting in society do not watch television – they get busy and get things accomplished. I'm not really ranting against the evils of TV so much; but when, as a society, we collectively watch over 8 hours of TV a day and then complain about being busy, we're simply delusional.

As for myself, I'm busy…I love my job, I work at our community garden, devote time serving at church, service old clients from my freelancing days, attend school functions, and build furniture and web applications that generate extra revenue for my family of 5. And I devote LOADS of time to following my dreams. What I DON'T do is watch TV – maybe 2-4 hours per month.

I think we need to establish 'busy' in a good sense vs. 'busy' in an immature sense before labeling everyone who claims to be be busy as having misplaced priorities or living life poorly.

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:58:59 +0000

Thank you so much for this. I grow increasingly frustrated with people telling me that they're just so BUSY and that there's no TIME for anything. I've not been able to work out why they have no time, when I seem to have plenty of it. Now I can sit back and say, it's because they're "busy" not because they have full days!

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:10:30 +0000

I love this post. I'd also like you to speak more on dreams, and giving them up. I believe that anything is possible and fulfilling dreams helps us to be passionate and unique.