How Being Busy is NOT such a Bad Idea

When you are busy, the world has a different meaning. Being busy keeps us engaged and focused on work or else we would wander in our complex chain of thoughts. So the question then is, how easy is it to stay busy. Well, it depends, it could be really easy at times, and could be really difficult otherwise. It is easy when you love what you do, or when you keep yourself occupied with a range of things to do. And it is difficult when you don't know how to pass your time or when you don't know what you like to do.

Let us talk a little about what to do when you don't like what you are doing. This is a challenging situation indeed and needs to be tackled with creativity but before we do that, it is important to know that we continually train our hearts and minds with the different set of experiences we face in life. For example, when we see someone whom we didn't like before, doing things for us with love, we do see a change in our feelings towards them.Therefore, we all have the power within us to change the way we think and feel about things, people and circumstances. They say time heals but it is essentially our own thought process that changes and heals us.There are times when we instantly find a liking to what we are doing and concentrate all our energies towards achieving the goals we set for ourselves. However, there are also times when we don't like something at first, then after doing it a couple of times we get used to it and later start deriving pleasure out of it. I have experienced this for myself. The message is simple yet powerful. In essence, the human mind and heart can be trained either consciously or sub-consciously by you.

So how do we start liking what we are doing ? It is simple, make your mind and heart your best friends. Train your mind, speak with it, provide it with rationale and repeat this persuasion over a long period of time. It is simple to preach but not in the least easy to implement. However, it is possible. Another idea around it could be to explore what you enjoy doing effortlessly, so that it is virtually impossible to get bored.

So why to stay busy ? As goes the saying, an idle mind is a devil's workshop. It indeed is. So it is important to preoccupy your mind with work that is good for self-development and for the society at large or else it is easy to get carried away in emotional turmoil / anxiety / depression. Needless to say, the achievement of doing something good generates emotional value that is both satisfying and fulfilling. Somewhere, I always feel, the harder I work during the day, the more peacefully I rest and the more happier I feel. However, there is a fine line between staying busy and exhausting yourself. I guess this distinction is important to make. You must know when to stop and call it a day. In my opinion, this is by far the most important skill to have in today's age. While the pleasures of working hard has no fine substitutes, one must strive to achieve work-life balance. I strongly believe that taking time out for people you love is what makes you complete. No amount of material success or wealth can replace the ecstasy of having strong and loving relationships in your life and if given an option to choose between work and relationships, you must choose relationships, because they are irreplaceable.

In summary, adding value is the essence of human existence, so find ways of adding value to your own self, the world around you and relationships that you cherish. Love what you do or find what you love, to make the most out of your lifetime and stay busy in adding value always :)