go about one's business

Proceed as usual

To go about one’s business means to proceed with one’s usual activities or responsibilities, often with an air of detachment or disregard for external distractions or interference.

Historically, the phrase has been associated with maintaining composure or focus during times of upheaval or public spectacle.

It can also imply a deliberate avoidance of meddling in others’ affairs: Despite the commotion outside, she went about her business as if nothing had happened.

routine

daily life

Regular everyday activities

activities · habits · customs · affairs · responsibilities · duties · engagements · occupations · preoccupations · mundane

persistence

carry on

Continue doing something

persist · keep going · soldier on · stay the course · forge ahead · march on · plod on · follow through · sustain · endure

livelihood

work

Effort toward a goal

job · vocation · trade · craft · enterprise · labor · productivity · income · workplace · commute

Opposites
purposeful activity vs. inactivity

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Without activity or purpose

loaf · do nothing · waste time · twiddle one's thumbs · vegetate

calm routine vs. disrupted state

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Uncontrollable sudden fear

freak out · lose one's head · fall apart · have a meltdown · freeze up

self-focus vs. interference

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Interfere without invitation

interfere · stick one's nose in · pry · butt in · snoop

Family

goings, about, oneness, business, busily, busyness, businesses

Familiarity
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