Already late? That is not a particular place to begin when attempting to reflect on being #notbusy. I had intended to offer a thought every day, so on day three; I am only on two. There is a reason; and perhaps a lesson learned.

Yesterday, I spent time at Birmingham Children’s Hospital as an anxious, concerned and worried parent. To all extents and purposes I was doing nothing. The absence of activity does not mean that nothing is being done. True other parents were utilising time communicating with the outside world through the power of modern technology. But I was not doing nothing. Indeed, had I thought about it, my laptop would have been with me.

I need to learn, imagine and wonder at the possibility that just clearing the diary does not mean that I am doing nothing. That’s enough of a discovery to cause me to go and do something else for a while. Being not busy is not a point in time but a habit that is formed.