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This is about the value of stepping back from your preoccupations to do more nothing. Busyness is a cultural habit that is also an addiction. Physiologically as well as on a level of personal identity. Are you one of those people who is sooo busy and you can\u2019t tell where the time is going? When you see someone and they ask how you are \u2013 do you find yourself inclined to say, \u201cI am soooo busy.\u201d It\u2019s a state we can all relate to. It\u2019s also often a boast hidden in a complaint. Culturally we have all agreed to take on this state of life \u2013 thanks to texting and smart phones and email and social media. They are making you mentally connected to all people and obligations and stores and humans simultaneously. Hence- the empty private time with yourself, alone is gone! The biggest downside of the busyness pattern is you trade your life, day by day, to this insecurity. It can happen without you noticing, quite simply because your not present. You are caught up in your busy thoughts. So that\u2019s what today\u2019s podcast is about: slowing down \u2013 and stopping. Literally, I am going to promote the idea of doing nothing. Nothing but being. Hanging out. Nothing on your agenda. No one to respond to \u2013 nothing to pick up, attend, return. When was the last time you sat in an extended amount of time \u2013 like that? The episode has three parts. Part 1: Why aim to do nothing. Part 2: Self-Diagnosis. Part 3: 3 Tools to help you free up your time. And to download the Journal Exercises mentioned in the episode head here: https://teaspoonofhappy.squarespace.com/busyness AND if from April-June 2015, if you haven\u2019t yet, please enter the Headspace contest to win a year awesome mind-soothing meditations! http://www.teaspoonofhappy.com/headspace-contest This episode is dedicated to Irene May Bates - my grandmother and one of my heroes. She makes the most valuable moments in your day.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices