This is why we clean up our desk. This is why we ignore provocations that have nothing to do with us. This is why we don’t speak every thought that pops into our head, why we have to figure out how to be responsible with our finances and manage our time efficiently. Why we go to bed on time, every time, and wake up early every morning. Because we are trying to corral our lives, our emotions, our concerns in such a way that it’s possible to manage them all. That we are controlling them instead of the other way around.

