Why Is Busyness Bad For You

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I enjoyed reading your post. You mentioned that you experienced two of the dangers of busyness referred to in the” Busyness is Bad for You” video. Having a schedule where you are trying to balance work and outside activities such as coaching your son’s football can be exhausting. You also mentioned that you experience waking up at night because of phone calls, emails and text messages and not being able to go back to sleep. Do you think this interruptions of sleep are adding to you being mentally and emotional strained?

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