What am I doing because it’s essential? And what am I doing just to keep the wheel spinning?

Seneca observed, “People are frugal in guarding their personal property; but as soon as it comes to squandering time they are most wasteful of the one thing in which it is right to be stingy.”

Marcus Aurelius wrote, “Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.”

Seneca wrote, “It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste much of it.”

Actionable habit:

Before saying yes to any request, pause and ask:

• Am I saying yes from clarity — or guilt?


• Does this help me live with intention?


• If I had to pay money to do this, would I still agree?