Very powerful post @dragonanarchist. A lot of things that occupy our time is linked to addiction and programming rather than what we gain true value from. Take for example people who are willing to sacrifice so much of their time to earn money to buy something that they though they had to have but actually offers little or no value beyond the initial 'look-what-I-have' rush of pleasure. This does not last very long before the next dose of rush of pleasure is needed.

We all need to figure where we should be spending our energy and not just respond to where we are told to spend our energy.