How to deal with the feeling that it's too late

1. 01Name which kind it isDaily (there aren't enough hours), current (I'm wasting this period of life), or existential (life is short and I've done too little). Each needs a different answer.
2. 02Audit the borrowed timelineWrite the deadlines you feel: married by X, senior by Y. Next to each, name who set it. Almost none will be you.
3. 03Trade the milestone for a directionReplace "published by 35" with "writing regularly and sharing it." Directions can't expire; milestones can.
4. 04Shrink the horizon on purposeWhen the panic spikes, ask only: what's the next honest hour? Time anxiety is future-flavoured; attention lives in the present.
5. 05Keep a done listA running record of what you actually did each week. Anxiety insists nothing is happening; a done list is evidence.

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