I had a revelation today.

Being busy does not mean you have a lot of work. Being busy means that your mind is not at peace.

The implications of this are enormous. People can be busy even if they don’t have a lot of work. And it is conceivable to have mountains and mountains of work and yet still not be “busy”. It all has to do with how much you are in touch with your inner peace. What I mean by that is, the amount of calmness and peace that you feel when you go about your work, talk to friends and colleagues.

The feeling of busy-ness may be caused by being overwhelmed by a heavy workload, but it could just as easily be caused simply by a chronic distracted-ness which is common in our age of technology.

The best part I like about this new revelation? I often feel like there is a huge discrepancy between what I want to do and what I actually feel like I’m getting done. I feel very very busy.

I used to try to become more productive, in other words, do more work more effectively. Perhaps instead I should be looking to resting and meditating more effectively. Instead of trying to solve my feeling of busy-ness through celebrating the drive to do projects I love, and feeling a sense of calm and patience and optimism that everything I want to do will get done.