If you stop and ask a friend, “How’s life?” one of the most common responses you’ll get back is “Busy!” The vast majority of us fill our calendars and our lives to the brim with activity, to the point that one thing taking longer than expected or not going to plan sends the whole day cascading into a stressful mess.
There are many reasons we live such busy lives—some people avoid slowing down because they haven’t learned to be at peace with themselves in the quiet of an unrushed afternoon. The vast majority of us, I suspect, are just afraid of saying no to others and ourselves because we’ve been programmed to believe that our worth is tied up in what we do instead of who we are.
