This type of busy is meant to describe being so busy… that it’s awful.
Being busy is tough enough… it relentlessly sucks you out of the present moment (where life is lived), can fill you with anxiety (about how you’re going to get everything done), and makes it really hard to get important work done (because the urgent stuff keeps nagging for your attention).
But, there’s another perspective to busy.
…Being busy can also be a blessing.
It means you’ve filled your day with tasks and activities that you get to do—versus being left homeless on the street with no family, no connections, no resources, and no life options…
And rather than being awfully busy—eliciting a type of misery that follows you throughout your day into and out of every task… what if you tried being happily busy instead?
All those tasks you have to do for your family…? You get to do.
All those chores you have to do at home…? You get to do.
All those projects you have to finish at work…? You get to do.
All you have to do now is slow down, add a little deliberate to your day, and fill yourself with gratitude along the way.
Happily busy is an exponentially more beautiful place to be.