Comments on: On Busyness http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/on-busyness/ falling indelibly into the past Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:23:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: chuck http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/on-busyness/#comment-1975 chuck Wed, 22 Oct 2003 03:18:29 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=839#comment-1975 <p>Maybe this is a less poetic way of saying what weez already has, but busyness might better be measured by how deeply one is caught in a routine, whether that routine is grading and researching for x amount of hours or whatever. </p> <p> I know that when my routine shifts (say, when I attend a conference), I don’t perceive that as being busy even if I’m active for twelve or fourteen hours or whatever.  Or maybe that’s just me. </p> Maybe this is a less poetic way of saying what weez already has, but busyness might better be measured by how deeply one is caught in a routine, whether that routine is grading and researching for x amount of hours or whatever.

I know that when my routine shifts (say, when I attend a conference), I don’t perceive that as being busy even if I’m active for twelve or fourteen hours or whatever.  Or maybe that’s just me.

]]> By: Weez http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/on-busyness/#comment-1974 Weez Wed, 22 Oct 2003 00:36:10 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=839#comment-1974 <p>Busy is when you missed the moment when nothing was happening to appreciate that nothing was happening except breath. </p> Busy is when you missed the moment when nothing was happening to appreciate that nothing was happening except breath.

]]> By: Bob http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/on-busyness/#comment-1973 Bob Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:16:02 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=839#comment-1973 <p>I really disliked <i>Kissing Jessica Stein</i> when I saw it at the theater (it tries but fails to have edge, and it reaches too much to be 1980s Woody Allen), and yet I’ve rewatched it three times on cable. Now I think it’s great! On cable. </p> I really disliked Kissing Jessica Stein when I saw it at the theater (it tries but fails to have edge, and it reaches too much to be 1980s Woody Allen), and yet I’ve rewatched it three times on cable. Now I think it’s great! On cable.

]]> By: Jake http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/on-busyness/#comment-1972 Jake Tue, 21 Oct 2003 21:09:36 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=839#comment-1972 <p>At a certain point you feel so busy and exhausted that you can’t take advantage of the free time you actually have. At least, that’s been my experience. When I spend all day doing things I have to do (emphasis on “doing"), an hour without responsibilities can easily become an hour in which I can watch tv without feeling a twinge of “I should be doing X.” I feel like I’m only busy to a regular degree, however; my experience interviewing prospective students showed me that the more one has to do, the better one gets at getting things done (i.e. the high school varsity football player/straight-A student/orchestra member is much better at organizing his/her time than I will ever be). So perhaps in order to feel less busy we should all take on more responsibility… you try it first and tell me how it goes. </p> At a certain point you feel so busy and exhausted that you can’t take advantage of the free time you actually have. At least, that’s been my experience. When I spend all day doing things I have to do (emphasis on “doing”), an hour without responsibilities can easily become an hour in which I can watch tv without feeling a twinge of “I should be doing X.” I feel like I’m only busy to a regular degree, however; my experience interviewing prospective students showed me that the more one has to do, the better one gets at getting things done (i.e. the high school varsity football player/straight-A student/orchestra member is much better at organizing his/her time than I will ever be). So perhaps in order to feel less busy we should all take on more responsibility… you try it first and tell me how it goes.

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