The freedom to choose depends partly on leaving some capacity unclaimed.

Choice requires something spare to choose with. If every hour and every pound is already assigned, then the decisions have all been made in advance and you are simply executing a plan set by your past self. Freedom is not really about options existing, it is about having the capacity to take one.

Keep a portion of your week and your resources uncommitted. Guard it as firmly as an appointment. That reserve is what your ability to choose is actually made of.