On the first point, maybe, but to me it feels a lot less rigid. The thing I'm building is always changing and I'm never quite done with it. The goals I have are a lot more tangible and have much clearer end times. On the second point, to a degree, yes it is. But it's also my acknowledgement that I can't control every single thing that happens in my life. The things I care about, the things I'm setting out to do, I focus on those and make them happen. The rest, all the other parts of life, I could try to control those or I could just let them happen and react to the best of my abilities. Things always take care of themselves, they did before you were born and they will after you die, but that doesn't mean they resolve in a way that's best for you.