If you want to do something, block off time for it. This includes everything from the task you have to finish at work to the walk you want to take with your family. The novel you want to write. The weekly game night or date night. The sleep you want to prioritise.
Why? Because if you don’t block off this time — and yes, that includes “time to think” and “time to plan” and “time to do nothing” — you might get distracted by something else and end up spending your day in a vastly different way than you intended.
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