“Busy” is a relative term. It’s not the same as a cashier handling a Christmas rush, a doctor managing an emergency room during a hectic night, or a delivery driver working all day for Amazon as a side hustle. For me, “busy” means my mental capacity to handle things in a timely manner has greatly diminished.

I’ve been so consumed by work every day that things are starting to slip. My task list has overdue items from more than a month ago.

Today, I received an email from Pair with my resource summary for my WordPress installations. It shows I used 885 GB over the past month—286 GB over my allotment. This means I’m facing a huge overage charge. Typically, we use around 274 GB in a busy month, so this spike caught my attention. I tried to investigate, but the control panel doesn’t offer the detailed information I needed. Then, I got sidetracked by other tasks.

Two months ago, I planned to switch away from Pair and even found a company to help with the transition. But I was too busy.

It’s ironic: being busy is actually getting in the way of getting things done.