When I was a worker I busied myself with socialist or, if you like, marxist literature.
I have turned away from the thought of writing fiction in the past through what I suppose is, actually, fear. The direct, raw invitation for the reader to come in and explore my imagination is fairly scary for me so I have busied myself with so much else.
Many will be busied in taking away from a thing, which will grow in proportion as it is diminished.