Energy > Busy

This word ‘busy’ has been thrown around lately in my world. I’m sure it has been thrown around my whole life, but for some reason, it has caught my attention – and now I can’t stop hearing it! And transforming it. ;)

Here is something to think about. What to expect in this piece: a rant, telling, whatever you want to call it, of how ‘busy’ is, ‘energy’.

Before going into this mindset shift, I think we can all agree on that negative energy is not something that we want in our life. Now that we have this on the table, we can go into the word busy and circle around to how it all encompasses energy.

“How’s your week been?”

“Busy.”

What does this mean?

It can mean an infinite number of things. Just writing this previous sentence shows, an infinite amount means nothing. A lot of the times a broad statement or description will point to too many variables to mean something. So therefore, we are still at step one, and we still don’t know how your week has been.

When the word, “busy” is used, it is either describing a feeling and/or a set of events – usually not pinpointed though.

So now here is where it gets fun –

There is nothing wrong with busy being given this meaning, however, what if we gave it a different meaning?.. and a positive meaning?

This is where energy comes into play.

Busy and Energy are both mindsets, and too many times busy has a negative connotation to it. This is where we can shift that to a perspective of having energy. You have a busy day ahead? No, you have an energy day ahead!

No matter how many tasks, how many calls, how many meetings, the day can be full of energy! Forget busy!

What this mindset shift does:

Awareness of what is taking precedent.

Is your busyness taking over or is it your energy feeding you? There’s no trick to picking a positive force, that is up to you, but with this kind of mindset, you can at least know the next order can be that of busy or that of energy.

Realizing any energy is better than no energy.

Having off-days is totally normal and understandable. Maybe there wasn’t too good of sleep the night before.

But why still succumb to busy when no matter how depleted, one still has energy at their disposal? Choose energy

Finally, this may open a pathway to other forms of thinking when it comes to the negative.

This gives a shift into finding other avenues in going about life when life seems to be down. Suddenly, workouts can take a turn for the better when this type of mindset is applied. The business meeting that is happening and is not off to a strong start can change course through an energy mindset. The challenging relationship can make a turnaround or at least begin to be on a better path through channeling energy.

Yes, life gets busy, Life also gets energy. Let’s choose energy, and see how full our days, weeks, months, years get.

*Here is to adding a few words because I didn't make the word count.

Currently, 18 minutes away from a client arriving and I was just about to close the laptop to prep, but figured I can make this post happen. The last thing I will say about "busy" is ... exactly what choice do you have? It has to get done either way, so might as well start and see where your energy takes you!