In the newsroom, “Dead Air” is the enemy. If a television broadcast goes silent or a radio host stops talking, it’s a disaster. But life isn’t a 24-hour news cycle. Somewhere along the way, we started treating our personal lives like a broadcast that can never have a gap. We’ve turned “busy” into a status symbol. If your calendar isn’t a solid block of color, you feel like you’re failing. But as an editor, I can tell you: A page with no margins is impossible to read. 1. Busy-ness as a Buffer We often fill our schedules to avoid the discomfort of our own thoughts. If you have three back-to-back…