Pruning a plant looks like hurting it. Come back in a month and it’s fuller than ever.

Cutting something back and damaging it look identical from the outside on the day it happens. Removing the parts that take energy without returning any is what lets the rest get what it needs, and the plant does not understand that either. Growth sometimes arrives right after a subtraction.

Look at what is drawing from you without giving anything back: a commitment you dread, a group chat, a habit you have outgrown. Cut one this month and do not immediately fill the gap. Check in a few weeks and see what got fuller.