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BLOGS BY MARIETTA: From the Philosopher's Desk
Busy Is Boring

Can we can take and make time? Yes!

 

"I was too busy."

 

"I am so busy."

 

"I will be busier than ever."

 

Suddenly phrases likes these strike me, more than ever, as at best inaccurate, and at worst self-important. The "busy" excuse rolls off tongues...just listen for it. Count the times in a day you hear or say it. But I have never, ever, heard someone with great responsibilities, much to do, complain about being too busy-they are getting it done, each thing receiving the amount of attention it deserves.

 

While devoting a good bit of my time through workshops, correspondence, and over dinners to January's topic, "The Joy of Single Tasking," in The Philosopher's Table, the repeated justification offered for an inability to concentrate on one thing at a time: helpless enslavement to a life too busy.  Read more.

 

 

Meet with Marietta

Save the Date!

March 22, 2014
Stone Soup Books
Waynesboro, VA

April 5, 2014, 6:30 pm
Over the Moon
Crozet, VA 

July/Nov. 2014
Return to The Commonwealth Restaurant 
Charlottesville, VA

July 7-10, 2014
Summer Workshops
Forest Lakes South
Charlottesville, VA 



"You could say my life has been a succession of big dinners enjoyed with as many of my friends and family that can be squeezed around the table-all eating, talking, and laughing. I have sometimes wondered which part I enjoy the most. Is it the tasty meal, the flowing wine, or the boisterous conversation that so often ensues as a result of the first two elements? Marietta McCarty goes at it rather brilliantly from another angle, encouraging you to put the lively conversation first. Choose a philosophical topic from her book, and it comes matched with a dinner menu and music list. Invite a few friends, neighbors, and colleagues, and voila! Welcome to the first seating of your own Philosophy Dinner Club."

- Tom Douglas, Executive Chef, Restaurateur, And Author