Is “BUSY” a 4-letter word?
It is – according to a teacher I know. We were recently discussing how parents today are SO BUSY with work, caring for children, to-do lists, not to mention shuttling back and forth from our kids’ many activities. The “BUSY-NESS” of life often keeps us from focusing on what’s REALLY most important.
My friend, the teacher, tells her students that “BUSY” is a 4-letter word and MAY NOT be used in a sentence. When a student doesn’t complete the homework and says “I was busy” – the teacher asks her to re-phrase the statement without the word “busy”. Eventually, the student says something like, “I didn’t do it because I didn’t make it a priority.”
How often do we let our “busy-ness” get in the way of what is important? For me, it’s exercise. I’m MUCH too busy to exercise regularly. Or, isn’t it really… I don’t make exercise a priority?
In which areas do you let “busy-ness” stand in the way of what is really important? Maybe it’s exercise – maybe it’s spending regular, uninterrupted, one-on-one time with your kids or spouse?
The New Year is a great time for all of us to take a step back and think about what is MOST important. Do our actions support our beliefs? If not – let’s commit to finding just ONE THING on our to-do list that we can blow-off without the world coming to an end. Then, let’s use that time – even if it’s only 10-15 minutes to do something that we believe is TRULY important.
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