A Culture That Worships Being Busy | Sarah Lan

Let's do a quick check-in. Raise your hand if you've ever felt proud of being busy. Like having a packed schedule makes you feel accomplished or important.Now, keep your hands raised. Look around. You'll see that you're not alone.You guys could put your hands down now. That pride, that instinct to feel validated by exhaustion, that's culture. When people ask me what I do in my free time, I laugh.Free time. What's that. Between school, piano lessons, Chinese lessons, math lessons, French lessons, and swimmin ...