> Among individuals in a society, busyness—or the feeling of busyness—seems to be an important factor in well-being. Busyness keeps your mind off things you'd

> Among individuals in a society, busyness—or the feeling of busyness—seems to be an important factor in well-being. Busyness keeps your mind off things you'd rather not deal with. When things slow down, you are forced to look at yourself, which often shows you just how insignificant and miserable you really are, and how repetitive, ultimately pointless, and totally egotistical everything in your life is/was (not to mention all the mistakes you've made and all the opportunities you let go). But when you are constantly preoccupied with work, entertainment, ideologies, conflicts/resolutions, problems/solutions, identity building, validation, success, social status, drugs/sex/food, going out, having lots of options and avenues, etc, you tend to feel otherwise - as you are operating in a mode that is somewhat oblivious to the mess your inner core really is.