I was just thinking about how often we use the word “busy” in talking about how we’re doing here in the DC metro area , now commonly called the DMV. Living among politicians, lawyers, doctors and generally upwardly mobile and affluent professionals, I think it becomes second nature for people to almost boast about how busy we are, as if that actually means we’re more useful, more productive, more worthy. I often will catch myself saying how I’m busy “running errands,” “ shooting emails ,” “jumping in the car,” “dashing to the grocery store,” “hopping on a plane” or “catching a soccer game . ” There’s this sense that if I’m constantly busy, constantly in motion , then I’m more useful and productive. However, if " my brain could talk " I think it would say otherwise. It’s only in the process of relaxing our brains a nd finding some space and time to Breathe that we really can truly be productive, creative, intuitive and innovative. A constant state of motion and super-
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