Busy But Not In An Interesting Way

Hearing about the busyness of someone else is never interesting, as the busy person often presumes or hopes the listener will express either concern or admiration, neither of which is a likely product.

A busy person may be one who has trouble prioritizing or simply procrastinates. Or perhaps they lack proper staff to handle their affairs. I, for example, suspect the president is a “busy” person, but would never gripe about such given the administrative apparatus at his disposal. Oppositely, how could someone like me (for example) ever claim “busyness” with such a narrower purview of responsibility?

And yet here I am, resisting the urge to do just that. Of course, if I were truly busy, I wouldn’t be writing things like this. I’m always free for this.