busyness, defined

Lynn Lyons redefines the weighty cultural notion of busy:

busy, noun: 1. a social and anxious pattern [not driven by survival or necessity]. 2. a privilege, based on choice and not force. 3. an admiration for how much we’re doing at once and how stressed we are while doing it. 4. the result of the very modern, and privileged, pursuit of the elusive and coveted work/life balance.

Lynn Lyons. The Anxiety Audit. Page 126.