being too busyToday, it seems like a very cool thing to tell others that you are extremely busy. How often do you hear: “I have been extremely busy, and therefore I couldn’t do x or I couldn’t call y, or I couldn’t call/see you.” or “It has been really crazy at work/school lately”. Because so many people say this all the time, telling someone that you have been busy almost sounds redundant. Sometimes, I am very tempted to respond to someone saying that they have been too busy with something like  “Really? I thought you were sitting around and doing nothing all day, just staring in the window, like I have been doing for the past few months.”