What a week it has been! Between gearing up for our fundraiser at The Family Center, finishing planning the Delivery Dudes launch party, starting Joy Latte, getting ready for my 2nd of 3 surgeries and making sure I have plenty of quality time with my favorite, I am emotionally and humbly hungover!
And I would do it all over again.
If I have learned anything in the past month...even week.. it is that staying busy is living! I am talking about good busy, not busying your mind with worry, or becoming busy with things that won't matter in the future. Filling your schedule with things that don't give you time to worry about the small stuff is quite euphoric.
Ask yourself, "When I am doing nothing, what am I really doing?" If you're anything like me, your answer would be that you get too much into your head. You think too much and it results in being overwhelmed with ideas that aren't even relevant to your current state of life. No matter what your answer is to this question, I challenge you to redefine your meaning of the word "busy".
You can be busy relaxing, you can be busy planning a trip, you can be busy working on a project, you can be busy with your passion. You can be busy doing anything you WANT to do! It's a beautiful thing, really. No matter what, time is going to go by, so doesn't it make sense to get the most out of the time we have? Fill it with joy, fill it with excitement, make your time into your world, and into the world of those you love most. Make what you do matter. Make an impression. Make a difference, no matter how you choose to do so.
If and when you feel things are out of your control, make yourself busy with things you do have control over in that situation. If you cannot take the lead, follow, but follow in a different tune. If you cannot get to where you feel you need to go, become busy paving a new road to get you there. If you are busy with work, make sure to delve into other projects that you don't consider "work". So long as you're busy, you are making your way.
Quiet your mind of doubt, frustration and/or stress by busying your body with meaningful activities. Take up a hobby or two, learn something new, do something nice for someone else, plan something fun, find new music, become amazed, be inspired. Whatever you choose to do, make it an ongoing project so that you maintain a busy schedule filled with things and ideas YOU put there for your pleasure.
Sure, there will be times when you get frustrated or irritated, but we all have our bad days. I am not saying you will always feel positive emotions from staying busy. I am not saying never rest. I am saying, make room for those things too, and add them to your definition of "busy". I am saying accept the bad with the good because it is a part of life. The best lessons are learned from failed attempts, but at least there was an attempt. Lessons are learned from challenges, but at least you accepted the challenge. Lessons are learned through change, but at least you made strides to adapt to such changes. Remaining stagnant and effortless means you aren't trying. It means you aren't moving forward. It means you are not busy doing the things that could motivate you to just keep going.
Create a colorful calendar with new activities or new hobbies or projects. Get busy being busy. Be busy being you.
And thank you for adding me to your busy calendars on Mondays!
Now get going...I'm busy.
Peace and Joy,
Beth
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