Beware of the Frantically Busy

Posted by Laura Bergells

March 20, 2008

Many Midwesterners freak out about being busy.

“I’m so busy,” screeches a former colleague. “Busy! Oh, it’s crazy. So busy, busy, busy.”

Sure she’s busy.

She’s usually busy saying she’s busy!

Consequently, she’s not getting much of anything else done.

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(She does, however, charge her clients for her hand-wringing over how busy she is worrying about how much she has to do. Billable might hours include: midnight bouts of angst, explaining to the client why the project has fallen behind schedule and gone over budget, and reading self-help books on project and time management.)

Beware of the perpetually, frantically, hysterically busy.