If you ever get so busy you need to tell your friends you can’t make it to their events and happenings, you might feel inclined to tell them, “I’m lost in the woods.”
In the metaphorical sense, you’re not lying. It doesn’t matter if you’re literally in the woods, or not. The sensation may be the same when you’re walking in an unfamiliar place as when you’re juggling work-life and private-life.
You could always say you’ve “gone surfing,” but the aura of this phrase is way different from, “lost in the woods.”
It’s a lot more playful to say you’ve gone surfing. So, if you’re trying to convey a sense of how much is piling up in your life, you can let your friends know how far you’ve gone into the trees.
Hopefully you have a good close friend who will offer to help you find your way back out.
It’s no fun to be overwhelmed with stuff you are required to do, especially if there are lots of things you’d like to do.
I’m going to sum this up in a breezy way, though I promise it’s not meant to be thoughtlessly disrespectful.
If you are in the woods, but you’d rather be surfing, remember surfboards can be made of wood. Make that metaphorical surfboard and turn your forests into ocean swells.
It’s all mind games. Play well.
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