When things get "busy"
"Busy" is an interesting concept. When someone says they're "busy," what does that mean? And how do you measure it?
Does "busy" mean that you don't have a lot of free time? And if you have a lot of free time, does that mean you're not busy? What if you spend a lot of your free time enjoying a fun hobby, like woodworking? Technically, you're busy working on woodworking projects, even though you technically have a lot of free time.
I bring this up because my wife and I recently purchased a house. Well, not really—we purchased a percentage of a house and then borrowed an extraordinary amount of money from a bank for the rest of it, but I won't go into semantics.
Unsurprisingly, we have a lot to do, like moving all of our shit into a new living space. This means we have less time for things we previously spent a lot of time on (like video games, movies, and writing this newsletter) and more time for packing and prepping the new house. We're not actually adding more things into our schedule, but simply replacing one thing with another. After all, we only have 24 hours in a day. So does this mean we're busier, even though we're not technically doing more things?
Maybe being "busy" means you have less time to relax? But again, what if you like to relax by working on woodworking projects? Or knitting? This technically means you're busy working on woodworking projects or knitting. So does this mean you can be busy and relaxing at the same time? Or can you only be relaxing when you're not "busy?" Does being busy mean you're not relaxing?
Maybe it's about obligations? I.e., need to do vs. want to do. You're "busy" when you have less things you want to do and more things you need to do. Maybe that's it?
I have so many questions! If you have a clear definition of what "busy" means to you, I'd love to hear it.
In any case, the next couple of months will be "busy" for me, but I'll try to keep this going with shorter newsletters for the next couple months.
I hope your 2023 is going well! It's almost April. See you soon.