> [!tldr] Set aside a stock of resources for the main thing *before* using discretion. Schedule fun into your days and weeks. *Then* schedule work. [[Play is Essential|Fun is essential]]. [[Put First Things First]]. You have limited resources. This plays into my recent spat of [[Work directly on the thing you care about.]] It's too easy to take for granted the main thing. Don't. **Always have time to do something that justifies your desire to be alive on this earth.** If life were a [[Scrum]] board and you assigned [[Popsicle Stick Story Points]] – make the **first story** something you *want* to do. Then take an appropriate amount of scope beyond that. Meta: this used to be part of the [[Pay Yourself First]] note – but is point is too substantial to be buried as a subheading. **** # More ## Source - self