Let’s talk about something that shows up in a lot of conversations these days:
“I’m so busy.” has become something of a default response, hasn’t it?
But lately, I’ve been wondering—what would it mean to unsubscribe from that? What if I don’t want my legacy to be - “oh, yeah, she was really busy, she got a lot done”.
In this week’s video, I share a personal story about hitting a health wall that made me realize just how deeply I was stuck in a cycle of constant doing. Not just work, but everything—family, social life, even “self-care” was just more to schedule in and get done.
So I started experimenting with something that felt really foreign at first: space.
Moments to wander.
Weekends with nothing planned.
Fifteen whole minutes of doing absolutely nothing.
And guess what I found? My nervous system began to exhale. I began to sleep better. Regulate better. Live better. My sense of humour came back. I felt more playful, more human.
This isn’t a call to quit everything and lie in a hammock all day (though not going to lie, that sounds pretty sweet). It’s an invitation to pause and ask yourself:
How busy do I need to be?
What’s driving me?
How busy do I want to be?
Where could I leave a little more space?
How do I want to live this one wild and precious life?
Maybe it’s time to unsubscribe from “busy” and reconnect with being human.
— Belinda
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