Shownotes Transcript
In today’s episode we discuss the idea of hurriedness. This term manifests itself in different ways, physically, mentally and more often than not it becomes a state of being based on the first two. “I’m busy” is a socially acceptable term in the western world that signifies much more that what it says on the surface level…. This is a good thing, it means you are doing a lot and people like that…it means that you don’t have much time aka you’re in demand. These are things that we have been trained to seek as approval when it comes to our state of being. In this episode we will argue for the latter…an elimination of hurry. Cut back on the hurry and recognize the stress that you can omit from your life if you just stop rushing around.
As we stated before hurriedness manifests itself in different ways…one of them primarily being the individual that outwardly projects themselves as such. This can be the bull in a china shop analogy. They rush around from place to place, like a tasmanian devil constantly on the move. While this person may feel comfort in staying in motion they are most likely frantic and frazzled when entering a meeting or an interaction. This energy can be off putting and exude chaos as opposed to control. This type of chaos that exists around hurriedness is exactly the stress we want to try and avoid because the reality is that rushing doesn’t do much good if it is all that you are doing.
Having urgency and rushing are two very different things. Important people that have jam packed schedules have urgency and understand the value of their time. Rushed people jam a million things into one calendar day, week and month without rhyme or reason, unable to draw boundaries and put themselves first. When it comes to showing up for others in your life a rushed version of yourself is a lesser version of yourself. We make mistakes, we snap at those closest to us, it just isn’t a great look. We want to challenge ourselves to say no more often and prioritize the things that are most important to us. Understanding what you need means more to others around you than you will ever know.