Be Better Than Your Busyness

I cannot stand being asked how I am doing and hearing the response “great, just busy” fall out of my mouth. I work so hard to be intentional when I answer that question and I cannot for the life of me step out of that pattern. It’s such a knee-jerk response. Because it’s completely true. But it’s also very generic and way too universal… I mean who isn’t busy?!?! Ugh!! So annoying.

I think the reason that it drives me so crazy is that busy seems to become an excuse for so much. It’s why I didn’t get my work out in, it’s why I’m always behind on returning phone calls and emails, it’s why I routinely miss out on signing up for something because the enrollment date has passed and I kept pushing it down on my to-do list.

And I’m not saying these aren’t valid reasons for how ‘busy’ can derail our hopes of a well-coordinated, well-organized, and blissfully balanced life. 

But, I also believe that we need to be better than our busyness… myself included. 

Because at the end of the day, if you want something... really, really want it… you find a way to do it. You make the time, you prioritize the thing and you get it done!

This is true in life AND in love. 

Which is why I’m absolutely encouraging you not just this week, but this month and this year to…

Be better than your busyness.

Don’t let ‘busy’ be the reason you can’t follow through on what you’ve committed to each other. Don’t let ‘busy’ be the reason you forgot. And certainly don’t let ‘busy’ be the reason you’re in the exact same spot next year.

Set the alarm, write down the thing, and schedule it in your calendar. Whatever you need to do to get it done… do it and be so much better than your busyness.

I’m excited to work on this right alongside you!!

-A

P.S. I’m absolutely working on this with you and if you’re curious about my tips and tools for being better than my busyness… reach out, I’m happy to share them!