Being a “busy” writer in 2016

We’ve all heard it before: someone you know or work with is “too busy”.

“Busy” has become the desired outcome – a trump card.

We’ve forgotten the very negative connotations of its actual definition: engaged in,involved in,employed in,working at,labouring at,toiling at, slaving at,hard at work (on),wrapped up (in/with)

Despite not living or working in Japanese culture – where employees often clock over 60 hours a week – to be frazzled, burnt out, or otherwise able to complain about how unab...