You cannot do everything. And of what you can do, you can't do all of it right now. And so we prioritize.

Thing is, there's more than one right thing to do. The hard choice is not to eliminate alcohol and Netflix. When we're in a time crunch, those pleasures that divert us from our goals – they are easily identified. Perhaps still a challenge to sacrifice, but not a challenge to label. The difficulty is: how to choose from among all the right things we can do.

Here's a useful thought, paraphrased from Seth Godin: "This next thing you're going to do or say: Does it help you get closer to [what you need, what you want]?