Clock hands go in circles. Time doesn’t. Don’t confuse your routine with getting anywhere.

Routine feels like motion and is not the same as travel. Hands go around a dial forever and never arrive anywhere, which is fine for a clock and a problem for a life, because the loop can be so comfortable that busy and progressing stop being distinguishable. You can put in a full week, be genuinely tired, and be exactly where you started.

Pick something you want to be true in a year. Find the one task this week that actually moves toward it, and protect that task even if the rest of the circle has to wait.