Busy is as busy does

Sun, 25 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The following is a decent approximation of how I feel about this blog:

I believe that someone who has been well-educated will think of something worth writing at least once a week.

—Gwern Branwen

Since I haven’t been writing every week that must mean that

I’m not intelligent (unthinkable)
I’m not educated (I do only have one Ph.D. …)
I’m not motivated to write (that doesn’t quite feel true)
I’m too busy to write (bingo)

That last one certainly feels true. When during the week do I have time think about, let alone write about, something? But, every business book I’ve ever read says that you are never too busy, you are just bad at managing priorities. In my case, I do think that’s true: I’m horrible at making and managing priorities. And that’s why I chose to memorize this quote from Thomas Merton, a Trappist Monk¹:

Tsl on Beaucoup Boku

Busy is as busy does