I received an email whose subject caught my eye
It asked “Are you stupid busy?”; and I wouldn’t lie
The verbiage of the question seemed insulting to me
Used as I was to equating busy-ness with productivity
Then I realized that there was more than a grain
Of truth in the phrase, I actually do know the pain
Of being busy all the time but never able to
Achieve much, or find time for what I really want to do..
I stay quite busy, I must be “stupid busy”
Spending time in low-value tasks blindly
Measuring my work output in terms of work hours
Filled with busy work, not realizing the power
Of using less time; focused on work of higher value
Switching to being less-busy and smart-busy is what I should do
*
Change is hard, and will happen gradually
But for now at least I have gained clarity
On how being busy all the time may not be smart
Being productive without being busy is an art
Passion...unbridled 