My guess is that for some of us, the...

My guess is that for some of us, the “I’m busy” response is simply a badge we wear to portray an image of importance to each other. Maybe not consciously—some of us play the “I’m busy” card out of habit. But a lot of times, the motive lurking behind the “I’m busy” response is this: important people are busy people; therefore, if others view me as busy, they’ll also view me as important