What does 'busy' mean to you?

It is an excuse used most of the time to cover up lies or for everyone to stop bothering you.

Busy to me is having a all filled time table that I have to use all the time I have to do things one after another without thinking about other things. I do not like this kind of life. Usually I can have two hours with my family and two hours doing my own stuff. Working hour is 8 per day, while sometimes work over time.

I would actually love to be 'busy' sure I keep myself occupied going to the gym three times a week and I spend time on Mylot and help around the house and in the garden when I can, but that to me is not being busy, it's just filling up the time. People have different perspectives when it comes to busy and many will use being busy as an excuse not to do things, I guess it makes them sound important, needed and relied on more when they say they are far busier.

Busy in a sense that they are busy doing on something, whether it be their career, in their family life, love life etc. I would like to think that some people would have the time to relax but as what you said, it comes with a perspective. Whatever the reasons why they are busy, we just need to respect their time. When I ask a person, especially a friend, do you have a time to this and that, yes they have but I just cannot turn back the time the way we were before because things do change as time goes by. We have different responsibilities to do, career to take care of, family to cherish and such. I just miss those times that we were just students when the only thing we were busy about is when we have exams and projects to pass, nothing much to worry unlike today that we do have our own families.

I like being busy all the time, I spend a lot of time, here online earning my money, and some time to me, this takes all day for me, I take my breaks every now and then, but when I get back to my work here online, I am busy for the rest of the day, and it doesn't bother me to stay busy, this is how I earn my money, if I put nothing into, being busy online, I won't be able to earn my money, I have my own work schedule, my own work hours, I take my breaks, when I want to, I take my vacations, when I want to take them.

as far as i am concerned busy depends on how much you like to do the job. if you hate it it looks long and dreary. where as a two hour film passes away and still does not make you feel that you were 'busy' during that time. but these days it is the biggest excuse people use. come home late because you were busy in the office, or busy with your maths assingment. you do not pick up calls because you were busy on the net. so more or less its an excusable excuse... :p what say friends?

There was once an excellent story which involved a lecturer placing a large glass jar on the desk, filling it with pebbles and asking "Is it full?", to which the students replied "Yes". He then went on to tip nearly the same amount of sand into the 'full' jar and asked the same question. Sensing a catch, the students were a little less certain of their "Yes" answer. Finally, the lecturer took a jug of water and filled the jar for a third time. People who frequently complain that they are "too busy" to take on any more and cannot fit all they have to do into one day are nearly always concentrating on only the large tasks which may take a long time to complete but, nevertheless, don't actually require one's whole attention every minute of that time. Those spare, lost minutes (during which these busy people are usually sitting back to reflect on how busy they have just been and how busy they will be again in a few minutes) will usually be filled with other, less time consuming jobs by someone who is keener to do the work than to be seen to be doing it. The people who understand best how their time can best be spent are usually those who ALWAYS have the time to do something when asked and are always the best ones to go to if you want something done well, quickly and with a smile.

Busy means to me not having enough time to cook your own food, not having enough time to relax, and not having enough time to get as much sleep as you would like. I work two jobs that are both really close to full time when we are getting business and it keeps me pretty busy. I've also worked about sixty hours a week while going to college full time as well. Even with doing all of that though I still found time to relax and I didn't consider myself too busy to enjoy life or to make excuses for why I didn't get things done. I don't know why some people try to make it seem like they are doing more with their lives than others either. It's probably just a social status kind of thing or people like to seem like they are doing more than others.

Well I would like to think that we all have different definitions of what's busy and what's not. And some people think that by being busy on their own terms they feel more important and like they're doing something more important than the next person. It is not actually bad in itself since if indeed there is a competition there will be no actual loser or winner. I thi k it all boils down to what were being busy about and what comes out of it.

I try to make myself busy but i still cannot. So i come here to spend a lot of my time. I'm to bored if i dont know what to do. That mean i am not a busy person right?

do you know why I am responding to this discussion now.. it is because I am not BUSY... otherwise I won't be able to open mylot and read your discussion. Although there are some people pretending to be busy almost all the time. I know one or two hahaha.. not really busy but looks like busy.

lot of this to do but some people telling their are busy but not for real as they only making that world as an excuse

being busy means carrying out the plans step by step for me.it makes me feel satisfied and successful.especially a big goal.

Yap being busy all the time is not good... i've watched a documentary about being busy... Its a country were everyone is busy, just for survival they have to be busy everyday and if possible even at night time... And if they want to have some more they have to have a two or more jobs... that's how busy they are... that's the problem with those modern countries, unlike the third world countries its more simpler to live on. Being busy sometimes will not appreciate how really life is. Were you relax, enjoy the God given nature, paying and getting together with families and friends. So find time not to be busy always... =)Give time...

I don't claim to be busier than I am but I do think it is a perspective. Some people say they are broke when they have $1,000 in their pockets, meanwhile to me being broke is having $1 in my pocket. Being busy is the same way. We all have our own thoughts of what busy is. I know I am not the busiest person in the world. I do have my fair share of things to do though... I have 3 kids-2 of which are home schooled, I have a Childcare Business, 2 dogs, house to take care of, my husband, and I am starting a wedding business as well. I am busy but not the busiest person out there. I know this...

as far as i am concerned it depends on how much you like the work. like you watch a movie for two hours and still do not feel stressed or busy. but you work busily for one whole hour. funny right? but to me busy is the word mostly used as a excuse for not coming home or for not picking up calls, the most excusable excuse.what say friends?

Being busy in the real sense of the word is having no time to do the luxuries in life because your both hands and feet are tied up to some work loads that you even missed out doing your personal thing like eating, taking a nap or even short trips to the bath room. Another word for busy means that even if you are not doing anything, you bang the word to other people because you don't want to be disturbed in whatever you are doing like sleeping, blogging, participating in myLot and other websites...that's really very busy!!