None of Your Busy-Ness

            Through scientific research, consisting of me creeping on people, I have come to the conclusion—everyone is busy. Anywhere in the world right now, people are busy. That is right, it is spreading. It’s probably oozing through your walls and seeping into your air supply as you are reading this. But please, don’t stop breathing. I don’t want you to pass out before I reach my point.

            Now, a plethora of people are busier than others but are busy nonetheless. However, I find that people will have verbal contests to determine who is busier. Person A will say, “I have to work then go to six classes in one day with five midterms.” Person B will reply, “Well, I have to work three jobs today and go to eight classes with nine midterms even though I am only taking five courses.” It gets ridiculous. And if you are thinking right now I don’t that, then you’re a dirty liar. I will admit, I do this A LOT without even noticing it. Even if I know the person on the end probably has as much work as I do. It wasn’t until my friends pointed it out in a not so subtle conversation in a McDonald’s parking lot that I even noticed I was doing it.

            In truth, we all have things on in our lives that other people don’t understand. You can’t determine what is going on in other people’s lives nor can you determine if your things are more bountiful and/or more difficult. (Unless you are comparing your life to my parents’ dog, Carlie, who sleeps all day, because you probably are busier than her. If you creep on my Facebook, or at least see my dad’s comments on my wall, then you understand Romeo is also busy tearing down wallpaper and/or opening the zipper on his dog bed and eating the foam inside). In my experience, if you tell someone he or she is not as busy as you or not busy at all, he or she will not react well.

            If you really do want a blood thirsty zombie in front of you who wants to tear out your throat and have it as a light snack, then tell someone he or she is not busy. Or you could be smart and understand someone else’s busy-ness is none of your business.