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I’d love to participate, but I’m too busy right now.

It seems like busy-ness is the universally acceptable excuse for anything. We’re all busy, busy is good, and it’s the way we’ve defined life.

As a result, I’m finding it fascinating to be in a place of having more time to be intentional. I took a break from marketing my coaching business this year, and as a result I created a bunch of time to focus on my other priorities.

It’s a bit disorienting, honestly.

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There are days where we just get crazy busy. My weakness is having a million projects in progress, all partially completed, which create endless distractions.

I love the model that ducks look calm above the water but are paddling like crazy underneath.

So let’s focus on that calmness for a moment.

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Beware the barrenness of a busy life — Socrates

Do you struggle with this? I know I do.

I was talking with my coach about this the other day, because I’m in a phase where I’m doing lots of stuff, but not convinced that I’m getting to the important stuff.

The Socrates quote gives me some comfort that this isn’t a new phenomenon, but it also doesn’t fix my problem.

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