--- title: (comic) I am busy | daily.dev description: A workplace comic exploring the common experience of being overwhelmed with tasks and responsibilities. The comic likely depicts relatable scenarios about... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/comic-i-am-busy-g1a9vfnxd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: (comic) I am busy | daily.dev og:description: A workplace comic exploring the common experience of being overwhelmed with tasks and responsibilities. The comic likely depicts relatable scenarios about... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/comic-i-am-busy-g1a9vfnxd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/g1A9vFnXd.png og:image:alt: (comic) I am busy og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # (comic) I am busy **[Work Chronicles](https://daily.dev/sources/workchronicles)** · 1 min read · 258 upvotes · 6 comments ## Summary A workplace comic exploring the common experience of being overwhelmed with tasks and responsibilities. The comic likely depicts relatable scenarios about managing heavy workloads and the challenges of workplace busyness that many professionals face daily. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@xidib78169** · 6 upvotes > Maybe he's reading/reviewing someone's code. **@tintin116** · 3 upvotes > Busy + not productive = busy and miserable lol > > These comics always get the best of me lol **@sudouken** · 1 upvotes > Ugh!! It's very hard for some of us to be both busy AND productive. It requires LASER FOCUS (and that unfortunately means not taking the time to find a good meme for laser focus 😛). **@vladvlad47** · 1 upvotes > Get to a point where if you stop working even for a day everything stops working. Then they won't ask you stupid questions. **@phoemphanith** · 0 upvotes >  ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity), [#work-life-balance](https://daily.dev/tags/work-life-balance) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/comic-i-am-busy-g1a9vfnxd) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"(comic) I am busy","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/comic-i-am-busy-g1a9vfnxd","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/comic-i-am-busy-g1a9vfnxd"},"datePublished":"2025-07-29T16:18:38.871Z","dateModified":"2025-07-29T16:19:00.331Z","description":"A workplace comic exploring the common experience of being overwhelmed with tasks and responsibilities. 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