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“The greatest enemy of good thinking is busyness.”
― John C. Maxwell, The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization

“Some times things just fall off your plate.”
― V.K. Springs

“I wanted to figure out why I was so busy, but I couldn't find the time to do it.”
― Todd Stocker

“Busy hands achieve more than idle tongues.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!”
― William Wordsworth

“Repose, leisure, peace, belong among the elements of happiness. If we have not escaped from harried rush, from mad pursuit, from unrest, from the necessity of care, we are not happy. And what of contemplation? Its very premise is freedom from the fetters of workaday busyness. Moreover, it itself actualizes this freedom by virtue of being intuition.”
― Josef Pieper, Happiness and Contemplation

“We have become a nation of thoughtless rushers, intent on doing before thinking, and hoping what we do magically works out. If it doesn鈥檛, we rush to do something else, something also not well thought-out, and then hope for more magic.”
― Len Holman

“Busyness chokes deep thinking.”
― Todd Stocker, Refined: Turning Pain into Purpose

“In consequence, when the pleasures have been removed which busy people derive from their actual activities, the mind cannot endure the house, the solitude, the walls, and hates to observe its own isolation. From this arises that boredom and self-dissatisfaction, that turmoil of a restless mind and gloomy and grudging endurance of our leisure, especially when we are ashamed to admit the reasons for it and our sense of shame drives the agony inward, and our desires are trapped in narrow bounds without escape and stifle themselves. From this arise melancholy and mourning and a thousand vacillations of a wavering mind, buoyed up by the birth of hope and sickened by the death of it. From this arises the state of mind of those who loathe their own leisure and complain that they have nothing to do, and the bitterest envy at the promotion of others. For unproductive idleness nurtures malice, and because they themselves could not prosper they want everyone else to be ruined. Then from this dislike of others' success and despair of their own, their minds become enraged against fortune, complain about the times, retreat into obscurity, and brood over their own sufferings until they become sick and tired of themselves.”
― Seneca, On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long if You Know How to Use It

“This philosophy rejects busyness, seeing overload as an obstacle to producing results that matter, not a badge of pride.”
― Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

“I鈥檝e learned is that the pursuit of busyness has become our greatest source of unhappiness.”
― Keisha Blair

“I鈥檝e recognized that 鈥渂usy is a decision鈥� and that presence is more rewarding than productivity or efficiency”
― Keisha Blair

“I鈥檓 too busy鈥� is another way of saying, 鈥業t鈥檚 not a priority.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One

“A mind inclined to misery is a mind that must keep busy.”
― Criss Jami

“I鈥檓 so busy, I鈥檓 not even available yesterday.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“I've known a lot of
hummingbirds. I used to
be one too. But then
I grew.

An ostrich now,
I listen. I wait.
Grounded (but quick
when I need to be).

I've still got
that sprint in me.”
― Jenny Noble Anderson

“The relentless overload that鈥檚 wearing us down is generated by a belief that 鈥榞ood鈥� work requires increasing busyness鈥攆aster responses to email and chats, more meetings, more tasks, more hours.”
― Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

“Far too often we miss life by doing something that we call 鈥榣ife.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Sometimes people don't know their dreams until they're in it. Other times, their dreams escape them because they are too busy being busy.”
― Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen's Last Chance

“A lot of people confuse movement with progress," Dylan said. "I knew it was a bad idea but what were we gonna do, barricade them in? They weren't ready to face any kind of truth."

I leaned against the wall of the stairwell as Dylan got out his set of keys. The air in here was too thick, full of dust and last breaths. It stank. I hated the stairwell but of course the elevators weren't working anymore; hadn't worked for two months, not since that first day.”
― Hanna Jameson, The Last

“We live in a time of overstimulation.
There's not a moment when we're not 'on something'--such as the TV, radio (cell phone, Facebook) CD player (Pandora) or cordless whatever.”
― Jim Brickman, Jim Brickman -- Simple Things: Piano/Vocal/Chords

“Summer came in November, and it came in blazing”
― Amelia Mellor, The Bookseller's Apprentice

“The problem is not TIME; the problem is HEAVINESS.”
― Theophane the Monk, Tales of a Magic Monastery

“The pace of today's life, so quick, and so constantly pressured, makes people think only according to how somebody wants them to. A person is never alone; even when he is sent to a sanatorium or rest home for a rest, there is always a definite rhythm and program to follow, everything is decided for you. People are fed, informed, and taught what someone else has decided they need. Huge numbers of people are gathered together, but they are separated by the daily battle for life.

All this has affected even believers, brought them closer to the 'norm', made them indifferent. A prescribed way of thinking makes it difficult for a person to become a believer and makes it difficult for the believer to preserve his faith. But do remember, Christ's Church will live eternally even under these circumstances. Preserve your faith, fight for individuality of thought, pray more, read the Scriptures, and God will preserve you. He will not let you lose the clarity of your thoughts. He will not let you think like the faceless mass of indifferent and cold people.”
― Father Arseny

“Indistractable Focus improves production more than "keeping busy" ever will”
― Frank D. Prestia

“When you鈥檙e constantly barreling forward, you鈥檙e not really paying attention to what鈥檚 happening around you.鈥� A small smile played around Olivia鈥檚 lips. 鈥淣ot really giving yourself a chance to change course.”
― Khristin Wierman, This Time Could Be Different

“Every time you're tempted to say 'I'm too busy' say instead, 'That's not a priority for me, therefore it's not a promise I've made and I'll have to decline.' If you're brave enough to make the switch, one of two things is going to happen when you do:

Either you're going to feel really bad when you realize that something that deeply matters to you (your kids, your health, your marriage, your commitment to justice, cultivating lifelong friendships) isn't actually the priority you want to believe it is. This will compel you to go back to your Very Important Promises and see what you can cut in order to create space for the things that really matter to you.
OR
Saying that statement may initially sting because we've been conditioned to feel bad about 'Nos,' but as the words settle, it will feel true<>/i> to you. Instead of allowing this thing you're 'too busy for' to perpetually hang over your head, your NO (because it is not a priority or a promise) will free you up to unapologetically and confidently spend your limited moments and resources on the things that matter most to you.”
― Liz Forkin Bohannon, Beginner's Pluck: Build Your Life of Purpose and Impact Now

“Every time you're tempted to say 'I'm too busy' say instead, 'That's not a priority for me, therefore it's not a promise I've made and I'll have to decline.' If you're brave enough to make the switch, one of two things is going to happen when you do:

Either you're going to feel really bad when you realize that something that deeply matters to you (your kids, your health, your marriage, your commitment to justice, cultivating lifelong friendships) isn't actually the priority you want to believe it is. This will compel you to go back to your Very Important Promises and see what you can cut in order to create space for the things that really matter to you.
OR
Saying that statement may initially sting because we've been conditioned to feel bad about 'Nos,' but as the words settle, it will feel true to you. Instead of allowing this thing you're 'too busy for' to perpetually hang over your head, your NO (because it is not a priority or a promise) will free you up to unapologetically and confidently spend your limited moments and resources on the things that matter most to you.”
― Liz Forkin Bohannon, Beginner's Pluck: Build Your Life of Purpose and Impact Now

“My heart is broken, Nell thinks. But in our family we don't say, "My heart is broken." We say, "Are there any cookies?" One must eat. One must keep busy. One must distract oneself. But why? What for? For whom?”
― Margaret Atwood, Old Babes in the Wood: Stories

“#BookedAndBusy has its place, but so does #BlessedAndRested.”
― Lisa Hurley, Space to Exhale: A Handbook for Curating a Soft, Centered, Serene Life