Being busy can feel like meaning. Check if you’re going anywhere or just going.

Motion produces much the same feeling as progress, which is why a packed week can leave you satisfied and no closer to anything. Full is not the same as going somewhere. The reason this is easy to miss is that being busy supplies constant evidence of effort, so no obvious moment arrives where you notice there is no direction attached.

List everything you did last week and mark what each item was for. Anything you cannot assign a purpose to is a candidate for dropping. Spend the freed hour on something you actually care about.