An addiction to busyness is becoming a pandemic in its own right. Learning when to stop and rest, or sensing when we need to stop and rest, is almost becoming a form of intelligence – let’s call it the self-care quotient. It requires us to be awake, aware and disciplined. It requires us to look after ourselves! Last week I ran a poll on LinkedIn that generated plenty of interest and these were the results: What do you most need to ‘weed’ out of your life or let go of, to flourish in 2022? The results below confirmed what I suspected: Toxic relationships 27% Fear of failure 31% Addiction to being too busy 42% These are all things that can sabotage our best goals and intentions. I was not surprised that the addiction to being too busy came out ahead. We often use busyness to cover for our fears. If we are busy, we must be okay. If we are busy, we must be being really productive. If we are busy it means we must be successful. Right? Actually, wrong in many instances. Love yourself enough to build different kinds of rest into your busy schedule beyond going to sleep at night so that you can build in regular ’space’ to keep perspective on the questions above. Be aware of your addiction to busyness and make sure you consciously try and balance it out. In this podcast, I share my journey with busyness addiction and how I try and balance it out with different kinds of rest -- just 20 minutes a day, tops.