The Disease of Being Busy (Upper-Intermediate Reading Lesson Plan)

ESL Level: Upper-Intermediate and advanced

Skill Focus: Reading comprehension, vocabulary, speaking via discussion

Topics: Work-life balance, wellbeing, philosophy

Material Download: disease-being-busy-upperintermediate-10272016.docx

Foreword: The Disease of Being Busy is an article written by Omid Safi for Onbeing.org. The article can be accessed freely here and printed in 2.5 pages. I have not provided the text in my lesson plan because I do not hold the copyright.

The below questions go with the article. I have used this lesson as weekend reading homework for my upper-intermediate adult students.
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8 comments on “The Disease of Being Busy (Upper-Intermediate Reading Lesson)”

kathy (Posted on 3-9-2017 at 10:24) Reply ↓

Hi, just wondering where is the article

mb Post author (Posted on 3-9-2017 at 11:42) Reply ↓
The link is in the foreword.

Anonymous (Posted on 10-8-2017 at 06:24) Reply ↓

thanks for sharing it’s so helpful and insightful keep up the good work!

Ameen (Posted on 12-20-2017 at 07:39) Reply ↓

Thank you!!!

Anonymous (Posted on 7-6-2018 at 09:33) Reply ↓

I went to the website but it did not load the article. It just says page not found.

mb Post author (Posted on 7-6-2018 at 23:59) Reply ↓
I’ve updated the link. Thank you.

Natasha Huff (Posted on 1-21-2020 at 14:48) Reply ↓

Thank you for this inspiring article and lesson.

Ming (Posted on 7-19-2021 at 23:04) Reply ↓

Hello, the link to the article has been changed. This is the new link. https://onbeing.org/blog/the-disease-of-being-busy/

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The Disease of Being Busy (Upper-Intermediate Reading Lesson)

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