The comfort blanket

“Hey, John, how are things?”
“Great thanks, Mark — super-busy!”
Busyness. The comfort blanket of western society.
Yes, busyness can be a blessing. It can be a sign that we’re ‘doing well’ — depending on how we define ‘well.’
I’ve known people — mainly men, let’s be honest — who wear busyness as a badge of honour. Take the Managing Director of a company…