“Observe and learn instead of react and respond. Everything doesn’t need your reaction. Conserve your energy for what matters.”
Author Unknown
If you choose to live in a reactive state, you will be allocating your energy based on responding to the things that happen in your world versus intentionally planning the things you want and need to happen. Sometimes choosing to ignore the unimportant things is the wisest possible choice. If you aren’t careful, you can spend your best energy on things that matter the least.