I've had just enough incidents in the last couple of weeks that I'm going to put one of my personal pet peeves out there with some "free advice is worth what you pay for it." Get ready, people.
If you're in an unusually busy phase of your life, I want to hear about it. This is particularly true if you've got lots of exciting things going on. I will note, however, that my experience indicates that those who are busy because of exciting things don't complain about their busy-ness- they just dig in and do it because they're doing things that, to them, are great work. I'm interested and excited because they are passionate about the things that are filling their days and nights. Let's celebrate!
If all you seem to be able to talk about is how busy you are I don't want to hear it, and chances are that most other people don't want to either. I really don't want to hear it if you're consistently putting it in the context of no one in the world has ever previously achieved your level of busy-ness and that you're a martyr for it. I assure you that many of us have achieved similar levels of busy-ness and we've survived it. Sometimes we've even thrived and succeeded as a consequence of being busy.
Life is hard. Doing things is exhausting. That goes for everyone- full-time Moms, schoolteachers, waiters, and surgeons. Quite honestly, in this day and age I don't know anyone who is NOT busy. If you're someone who sits around pissing and moaning about how busy your are, not only have you made yourself uninteresting, you're being disrespectful of the busy people around you who are also working hard. Yes, your busy and my busy may not look the same. I get that. It doesn't give either of us the right to disrespect when we're each dancing as fast as we can.
With that, off soapbox, and wishing all a good and restful night.
Now listening: Cross Canadian Ragweed "This Time Around"Labels: NaBloPoMo