JoeyJoelle

We all know that in the current world we live in being “busy” is the new personality trait. Everybody loves to post about their to-do list, their five hustles, their color-coded calendar. And capitalism gasses us up, babyyyy.

Being booked and busy is being praised.
Being booked and busy is respected.
Being booked and busy is the dream.

If you’re not booked and busy, what are you even doing?

But here’s the thing nobody says out loud—and as someone who isn’t fond of her voice and therefore writes instead of doing videos; neither will I, but I will write out: Some of us aren’t really busy… we’re hiding.

Yupppp, I said it.

And stillness? Stillness will make you face everything you’ve been running from.

Because when the motion stops , so does the noise. And suddenly… it’s just you. Your thoughts. Your truth. Your shadow sitting there like, (please read this in the Freddy Krueger announcement tune) “Hey boo… been waiting on you.”

We don’t talk enough about how terrifying silence can be. Not because silence is empty, but it can be more overwhelming than noise.

Once it’s quiet, suddenly there’s space and you can get overwhelmed by;
– the things we’ve been too scared to say.
– the emotions we’ve numbed with productivity.
– the dreams we buried under “I don’t have time right now.”

And whatever else we successfully managed to suppress under the disguise of business.

And trust me, I knowwww… the mind can be a scary place when you finally sit with it. But it’s also the most beautiful place. The place where God whispers.
Where intuition rises. Where the truth you’ve been avoiding finally steps into the light like, “Baby, we might have to re-evaluate certain decisions”

See, productivity is powerful. It builds things. It creates things. It moves your life forward. But busyness…? Busyness is a whole different beast.

And I’m just gonna say it, because somebody has to: Busyness might be the socially accepted addiction nobody talks about.

Like, I said before: we praise it. We glamorize it. We call it ambition, grind, hustle. Shit, I used to do it myself. Now, I’m more focused on making sure I go with my personal energy flow as much as the capitalistic order allows me.

Sometimes it’s just another way to numb ourselves — as unhealthy as the very things people go to rehab for. And I don’t say this because work is bad (well…for some of us it is), but because hiding behind it is.

My point is: Productivity is great, but busyness… I feel is just us running from our deepest fears that in fact are the gateway to our deepest longings.

Imma give you a minute to let that sink in.

But let’s be honest here: most of the things we’re scared to feel are tied to the things we truly desire. Most of the shadows we avoid are attached to the versions of ourselves we’re meant to grow into. And most of the silence we fear is actually the doorway to clarity, alignment, and peace.

Stillness is uncomfortable. Stillness is confronting. Shit…Stillness is humbling.

So the next time you feel that urge to fill your schedule with noise and call it “being productive,” ask yourself:

Are you really busy… Or are you avoiding the version of you that’s trying to rise?

Because the truth is, love… Stillness won’t break you. But running from yourself just might.