Before the day starts deciding for you, decide what it counts for.

A day without an intention gets filled by whatever arrives first, and what arrives first is usually other people’s priorities. That is not laziness, it is just how defaults work: something will occupy the hours, and if you have not named it, requests and notifications will. Choosing one thing in advance is the difference between a day you spent and a day that spent you.

Name one thing tomorrow is for, before you look at anything. Write it somewhere visible. Everything else can still happen, but now there is something the day will be judged against other than how busy it felt.