- **By**: [[Nicholas Bate]]
- **Date Published**:
- **Date Read**: 2025-03-11T06:46:55+00:00
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1. **Start with the investment rituals.** Investment? *They make future life easier*. Ritual? Like brushing your teeth, *they just happen.* Examples: lunch-time walk, back-ground reading.
2. Then today's **specific investment activities.** Eg planning a critical meeting you are attending next week.
3. Then ensure each of your **compass points**(career/wellness/finances....) gets attention and necessary adjustment.
4. Handle the urgent but constantly question **WHY are they urgent** and is it because a process is not working well or even broken? Fix it to remove the future urgent
5. *Build contingency for truly urgent.*
6. **Decide digital interrupt review slots**. [Batch process](https://blog.strategicedge.co.uk/2012/04/how-to-lessen-the-pain-of-e-mail-twelve.html) e-mail rather than 'umbilical cord'.
7. **Go home on time.** Listen to music. Hang out with good friends. Nourish your body with great food, nature and the classics. Never defer life. Live it now.