Being “busy” seems to be the curse of our age. “I’m soooooooo busy” we all cry, too busy for this, too busy for that, checking schedules, consulting diaries, sighing. My inkling is that what this really means is “I am sooooooo important because I have so many hobbies/responsibilities/such an interesting life/endlessly trying to impress my peers that I would completely freak out if there was a gap in my diary in which I could do whatever I felt like at that precise moment”.
I haven’t blogged for a few days. Quite frankly I couldn’t be bothered.
This honey bee was busy supping at azaleas in yesterday’s outrageous sunshine. Hopefully not at the expense of friends and family.
Off The Edge Gardening 
Being “too busy” is something that no-one experiences until they retire from gainful employment. Believe me, the day after retirement is the first day of never having enough time to do what you want to do.
Whilst you couldn’t be bothered, we’ve enjoyed the peace and quiet,
That, of course, is challenging you to deliver a witty riposte.
😉 😉 😉
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How do you spell the noise of a great big enormous raspbery?
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I’m very lucky I know to not have too many things I have to do. A job and hobbies and stuff that needs to be done but I have a lot of choice over what I do with my time and what I really enjoy is sitting in the garden with a cup of tea and a gardening magazine. I really do enjoy every moment of it.
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Sounds just perfect to me!
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Thank you for the comment on our current situation. My fountain is bubbling,I have a book and a glass of wine and the sun is shining…
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ah, couldn’tbebotheredness. I suffer from that quite often, when it comes to blogging. I consider blogging fun. And if it doesn’t feel like fun, I just don’t do it. Glad to have found someone likeminded….
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Well, I guess blogging shouldn’t take over one’s life, although it’s a temptation to spend a lot of time on it, just to see what everyone else is doing. But I’m a fairly new blogger and I suspect the feeling of can’t be bothered ( which I think is perfectly natural and acceptable) is still ahead of me.
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Couldn’t be bothered, ha ha. Thank you for your honesty. Yesterday, I took photos for an SoS, but whether I’ll write one is another matter.
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Just writing mine now, we should start a new group The Apathetics, it has a certain ring about it, don’t you think? 🙂
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Oh, yes. I’m all for it, in a lackadaisical sort of way.
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We might not get around to it … 😀
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😴
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Oh, I have been feeling badly that I was not here to see your posts, but maybe I did not miss much.
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Not a lot, where have you been?
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Busy . . . Is that a cop out? Seriously. I have been busy at work. Once I got behind, it is difficult to catch up.
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I have finally decided to take a nap if I suddenly feel like it. Maybe busy is only in our own minds. Does anyone really care? And would the world stop if we sluffed off? I don’t think so. Remember Scarlet O’Hara said she would “think about it tomorrow”? Good advice.
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I think you are right, we are not as important as we think we are! Nap away, I might well join you, a few thousand miles away 🙂
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I went through a phase of packing my diary to the hilt, including scheduling times to work in the garden. However, I’ve learned that I don’t need to do this – having the space to be spontaneous is great!
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It is a good lesson, spontanaity is wonderful, but very hard to spell!
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Indeed 😊
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I like it that you haven’t blogged because you couldn’t be bothered. I have got to the point now that I only do it when I feel like it. After all it’s not a job or a duty. It should be a pleasure. And it is- when we can be bothered.
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Exactly, if it becomes a chore it will be very obvious in our writing, and that isn’t a good thing.
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I am looking forward to being busy cleaning out the summer house so that when the sunshines! I can sit in there and not be bothered about anything 😀
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Fingers crossed your work will not be in vain!
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