Does Busy Really Make Us Better?

I would venture to say that if you are reading this, it is most likely the first 5 minutes of downtime you have had today.  Busy, busy, busy.  Whether you are a stay at home mom, an entrepreneur, a boss babe, or a student…we are all on the never-ending quest for that extra hour in the day.  And sleep…honey what is that?  I would be telling a lie if i said that i haven’t halfway considered that cloning would be an amazing option!

For the next few minutes lets pretend that we are sitting together and #unbecomingmeovercoffee.

For starters, i would ask, does busy make us better?  Corrie Ten Boom said, “If the devil cannot make us bad, he will make us busy.”  So many of us place the blame on busy for lunches never had, movies never seen,  cookies never baked, walks never taken, dreams never made reality, you catch my drift.  Has BUSY become our bail-out?  Trust me.  I am definitely not casting stones here, I am GUILTY.  I simply want you to stop and ask yourself…”Do I need to Unbecome busy?”  Better yet…How?  Let me help you…help you.  Nothing happens on accident, it only happens because someone makes it.  So if you don’t want to wake up January 1st of 2018 and have the same old list of Resolutions…read on.

1. Focus – Hone in on what really matters to you and is part of your purpose.  If you are spending your time on peripheral things that aren’t, make the necessary cuts.  Remember, you only have one life to live and you are responsible for how you live it.
2. Plan – Work smarter not harder.  Sometimes we expend busy energy because we haven’t done the proper planning.  This can be challenging if you are a creative or a procrastinator (like me), but face the challenge!  I promise you will reap the rewards.  Start with planning important dates in the month, narrow down to the week, and then spend a few minutes each morning refreshing your focus and preparing for your day of PURPOSE.
3. Make Today Matter – Forget the old saying don’t put off for tomorrow what you can do today, guess what?  The house will not fall down if you don’t get that last load of laundry done, it will BE THERE TOMORROW.  But some things won’t.  Relationships left unattended become strangers that should have been friends.  Dreams left unlived become nightmares that haunt us until we’re old enough that we forget them.  Children left on their own become Adults who no longer have time for you.  I read a quote by Phyllis Diller early in motherhood that i remind myself of still today, “Cleaning the house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the sidewalk before it stops snowing.”  BE INTENTIONAL with your today.

“I would rather be exhausted being intentional,

than unintentionally exhausted.”

I don’t think busy makes us better at all.  I’m not really sure who we are competing with to win the most busy prize.  Flashing around our checked off to-do lists like they are our badges of honor.  Sometimes we need to just BE.  So create some space in your life and fulfill your purpose!

Xoxo,

Steph