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…researchers contend, busyness became not just a way of life, but glamorous. Now, they say, it is a sign of high social status.
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…people aren’t aware of, or aren’t admitting the toll busyness is taking.
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…in addition to showing status, busyness is a new kind of high.
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Without time to reflect, to live fully present in the moment and face what is transcendent about our lives… we are doomed to live in purposeless and banal busyness.
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No one… is busy every minute of the workday. They might say they are or look like they are, but there are a lot of wasted minutes in every day…
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Acceptance – not busyness – brings us to a peaceful place.
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Being extraordinarily busy – and at times frantic – appears to be the inevitable, uncontrollable consequence of living in today’s world.
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From all this busyness, another of the many paradoxes of modern life emerges: The faster we go, the more we take on, and the more we take on, the more there is for us to do.
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In this busy age, a new person or idea is lucky to get even a first look.
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Being busy is one deft way to avoid taking stock of how you are living your life, knowing death is only a heartbeat away.
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