Answering machine: If you are busy, you must show it, especially when people are trying to call you. Forward all your calls to your answering machine and promise to get back as soon as possible. But call them back only a day or two later. After all, you could be busy tying your shoelaces or deciding if your maroon skirt goes well with that yellow top
The White Rabbit: If you’ve read (or watched) Alice in Wonderland , your favourite character would probably be the White Rabbit who is forever late. He has a stopwatch and is always rushing past the others. Imbibe those habits, for a busy person is always fashionably late
Restless: Busy people are always restless. Walk around aimlessly, put your finger to your forehead as if lost in deep thought or gulp down mugs of coffee while you’re staring at a blank sheet of paper. The whole point is to make people believe that you are busy
Cancel plans: No busybody is ever going to be free for a dinner party or a night at the cinema. So make your plans and break them exactly half hour before the scheduled time, citing an excuse from your exhaustible list (of excuses!). If they don’t work, just don’t pick up your phone or turn up at the appointed hour. So, everyone knows you are busy with something else!
Talk about it: Of course, nobody really cares if you’re busy unless you advertise it. make a scene of it. Call your friends, have a party and rant for hours about how busy you are and how you have no time for anything. The trick is to do this at one stretch, so practise ce some breathing exercises so that you don’t turn blue in the middle of your monologue. After all, a busy person can’t waste even a breath, right?
