Awareness Is Freedom
"The person is free who lives as they wish, neither compelled, nor hindered, nor limited — whose choices aren't hampered, whose desires succeed, and who don't fall into what repels them. Who wishes to live in deception — tripped up, mistaken, undisciplined, complaining, in a rut? No one. These are base people who don't live as they wish; and so, no base person is free."
— Epictetus, Discourses
Today's meditation is not really something that can be compared to trading. It is really about making sure that you become aware of how much in life that you are doing; which does include trading of course! You certainly don't want to be sat staring at the computer screen for all the hours God sends, and this is why having strategies can really help. You know what you are looking for and a lot of horse races, football games, tennis games etc. etc. can be eliminated because they don't meet your rules/criteria for whatever reason that might be. This means you get a break and in turn have much less screen time.
We can all end up feeling obliged to do things that maybe we haven't really got the time for. Being aware of potential overload is good and it means you can control a bit more freedom for yourself. Everybody needs a bit of "me time" for sure.
It is something that is definitely worth thinking about, as our time is valuable. This also means that we are fresh and mentally focused to concentrate fully when we are executing our trades.