I just want it more

A while ago, I found an X post where someone asked (not verbatim): How do some people manage a full-time job, side hustle, gym, an active social life, at all once? Someone responded I just want it more. There was no follow-up thread, a step-by-step guide, or an optimization breakdown of how to do it (which I embarrassedly admit I was looking for without noticing). But there was nothing. This person had nothing else to offer but their utter resolve, an appetite for something so sharp, they will do whatever it takes to satiate it. My heart swelled with indecipherable feelings, part envy, part joy, part hunger. I wanted things badly, too. I have so much respect for people who operate like that, who know there's no hack or trick for desire. They just know they have to earn it somehow, with no hesitancy, self-negotiation, or a shortcut around that fact. These days, I try not to ask myself "How do I find the time?" anymore. I don't want to believe that time is the only thing standing my…