Are you addicted to busyness?

Normally when I go jogging, which I sort of hate, I'm tuned in to an iPod or something else that takes my mind off the fact that I'm bored, out of shape, getting older, and would rather be doing just about anything else. And even though I still refuse to go to a gym, I recognized myself immediately in this New York Times story about people who multitask at the gym to avoid having to think about exercising.

But a few weeks ago, I began to feel differently about distractions. It happened when I ...