this clicked for me when the 4 hour work week talked about real work vs work for work the later being about doing things that feel like work but dont actually deliver the results that get you places  like organizing emails instead or replying to them   i stopped a lot of work for work and accepted workable chaos like i dont organise mails anymore even tho it felt very satisfying i use gmail and its epic search  x200b  and as an extra i got into a job where i can organise stuff for others but dont have to actually execute it d  rich insight