people, even good people, will unknowingly abuse your time to the extent that you let them. Set good rules for all involved to minimize back-and-fort… - Tim Ferriss

Busy” = Out of Control “Every time people contact me, they say, ‘Look, I know you must be incredibly busy . . .’ and I always think, ‘No, I’m not.’ Because I’m in control of my time. I’m on top of it. ‘Busy,’ to me, seems to imply ‘out of control.’ Like, ‘Oh my God, I’m so busy. I don’t have any time for this shit!’ To me, that sounds like a person who’s got no control over their life.” TF: Lack of time is lack of priorities. If I’m “busy,” it is because I’ve made choices that put me in that position, so I’ve forbidden myself to reply to “How are you?” with “Busy.” I have no right to complain. Instead, if I’m too busy, it’s a cue to reexamine my systems and rules.

What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for a worthwhile goal, a freely chosen task. — VIKTOR E. FRANKL, Holocaust survivor; author of Man’s Search for Meaning

The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive. — THICH NHAT HANH