So whatever it is that you want to do with your time is fine, as long as you plan to do it.

The time you plan to waste is not waste of time.

So if you want time to live out your values of taking care of yourself,

if that's one of your values, do you have time for proper rest on your

schedule? Do you have time for proper nutrition, for hygiene, for mental health? Do you take care

of your body?

Is that on your schedule?

It's not just gonna happen, and I want people to actually

put this in their calendar, to have a time box calendar.

Now people say, oh, that's very rigid, I can't keep a calendar. Well, do you want to be

distracted or not? Because the fact of the matter is, you cannot call something a

distraction unless you know what it distracted you from.

Welcome to Living 4D with Paul Check.

Today's guest is Nia Ail.

Nia writes, consults and teaches

about the intersection of psychology, technology and business.

The MIT Technology Review dubbed him the profit of habit-forming technology.

Nia is the author of booked, how to build habit-forming products, and

indestractable how to control your attention and choose your life.

He founded two tech companies and has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of

Business and the Haso-Platner Institute of Design at Stanford. In addition to blogging

at near and far.com dot com near's writing has been featured in the Harvard Business Review tech crunch and psychology today

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