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[Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 110 (5) of Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (see record 2016-22171-003). In the article, the affiliation of the author Andrew T. Stephen was incorrectly listed in the byline and the author note. The author is affiliated with the University of Oxford. The author note paragraph “Andrew T. Stephen is now at the University of Oxford” should have been omitted. All versions of this article have been corrected.] This research tests the hypothesis that being busy increases motivation and reduces the time it takes to complete tasks for which people miss a deadline. This effect occurs because busy people tend to perceive that they are using their time effectively, which mitigates the sense of failure people have when they miss a task deadline. Studies 1 and 2 show that when people are busy, they are more motivated to complete a task after missing a …