"To realize midway through a business trip that you hate your life **is already to have taken the first step into one you don’t hate**—**because it means you’ve grasped the fact that these are the weeks that are going to have to be spent doing something worthwhile, if your finite life is to mean anything at all**. This is a perspective from which you can finally ask the most fundamental question of time management: **What would it mean to spend the only time you ever get in a way that truly feels as though you are making it count?"** --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[momento-mori]], [[personal-values]], **Source** -- [[202410130434 - B - Four Thousand Weeks]]