“If only I wasn’t so busy, I would do xyz.” But if xyz is important to you, why not do that instead?
“I don’t have time” often means “this is not a priority”. If we care enough about something, we often always have time for it.
We all get 24 hours for the day and how we choose to utilise them is our decision. However there is too much noise around us which overshadows the priorities we have in mind.
Next time you think you’d pursue that hobby, or talk more often to friends and family, or spend time upskilling, if you had more time. Take a pause! Question yourself, where does this sit in your priority list.
Once you have the priorities sorted, you have all the time in the world to do what’s important to you.