The Busy Trap

The "busy" trap is admittedly not unfamiliar to me.  I understand that restless feeling, verging on anxiety that I "should" be doing something.  Growing up, seeing my mother resting on the couch was such a rare occasion I think I could count on one hand the number of times she's pretended to enjoy a movie.  Instead, she was cleaning, cooking, working in the garden, rushing to or from work.  I think that many of us have had a similar model growing up.  Perhaps you berate yourself in your down time, calling yourself lazy or inadequate.  Perhaps you compare yourself to others, how much they can accomplish, how much they have achieved (which indeed our society encourages us to do).  Perhaps you become so overwhelmed by "shoulds" that you get nothing done at all.  Perh