Are you busy, are you not managing your time well-or is it some of both? Many of us are struggling, but why and how much eludes us. When we coat sadness, anger, or loss with a layer of productivity, we aren’t able to process such feelings as effectively as when we face them directly. There is a common belief that staying busy will keep difficult emotions at bay or at least tamp them down.Ĭonstant busyness or distraction doesn’t necessarily mean we aren’t still experiencing difficult emotions beneath the surface. We may be too busy to attend to our needs, including our basic needs, like eating, sleeping, and social connection.”īeing busy can also lead to physical and emotional burnout, making us less effective in the tasks we are trying to achieve.
Pros & Cons of Staying BusyĪccording to Caitlin Nevins, PhD, director of psychological services at McLean’s College Mental Health Program, “Too much busyness can be emotionally taxing. While it may feel good to be busy-and, in many cases, needed-too much can lead to serious physical and mental health concerns. For many of us, these things can wait until later, but before you know it, the sun has set, it’s time for bed, and the cycle of being busy continues.
While it may sometimes be said in jest, too often we are failing to balance the stressful elements of our lives with things that are more mundane or simple-like packing a lunch, washing the dishes, or going for a walk. How often have you or someone in your life uttered the phrase “there isn’t enough time in the day”?
But the reality is that in today’s society, being busy can be seen as a badge of honor, and too many of us place value on cramming “just one more thing” into our already jam-packed schedules.
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