AEE 290: Get Off the Hamster Wheel! The Epidemic of "Busy" in the United States

<p>Get a native English teacher and get $10 USD off your second lesson with a native English teacher: http://www.allearsenglish.com/italki</p> <p> </p> <p>Are you busy?</p> <p>In your home culture, is it considered “cool” to be busy?</p> <p>In American culture everyone is busy and it’s almost in style to be busy.</p> <p>We think that’s crazy! Today we are going to give our opinion on this article from the Washington Post called <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/exhaustion-is-not-a-status-symbol/2012/10/02/19d27aa8-0cba-11e2-bb5e-492c0d30bff6_story.html" target="_blank">Exhaustion Is Not a Status Symbol.</a></p> <p>In American culture, especially in large cities like New York and Boston, things move fast and we often define ourselves based on the things that we do.</p> <p>We also measure our worth based on what we achieve.</p> <p>We end up valuing perfectionism and accomplishing things over just living.</p> <p>Americans don’t take much time off for vacation while in other cultures people take much more vacation time.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Are you looking for a professional, native English teacher online?</strong></p> <p><strong>Get a native English teacher online in seconds at </strong><a href="http://promos.italki.com/allearsenglish/"><strong>italki</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p> <p><strong>Lindsay and Michelle recommend italki as our #1 English-learning solution online. Choose from more than 400 teachers to work on your business English or to pass your next big exam.</strong></p> <p><strong>Get our special offer before it runs out! Go to </strong><a href="http://promos.italki.com/allearsenglish/"><strong>italki and claim 10USD to go toward a FREE second English lesson at italki</strong></a><strong>!</strong></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>How do we know that this is a problem? People in the US always say:</strong></p> <ul> <li>“I’ve been crazy busy.”</li> <li>“I have so much going on.”</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>What can we do about this?</strong></p> <ul> <li>A