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If you had a magic wand…

... what would you remove from your life that no longer energizes you?
August 10, 2026 by
If you had a magic wand…
GROBET Arnaud
Sometimes, the magic is in what you remove

Not necessarily something spectacular.

Perhaps an obligation that has become automatic. A meeting that no longer makes sense. A relationship that drains you. An activity you continue out of habit. A role you have accepted for too long. Or a way of living that no longer matches the person you are becoming.

We often talk about what we want to add to our lives. More projects. More experiences. More travel. More encounters. More freedom.

But perhaps the next chapter does not always begin with addition.

Sometimes, it begins with subtraction. Removing what weighs us down. What absorbs our energy. What fills the calendar without nourishing life. What keeps us attached to an older version of ourselves.

After building, carrying, and achieving so much, there comes a moment when we realize that energy has become a precious resource.

Not only time. Energy. What elevates us. What awakens us. What makes us feel more alive. What makes us want to learn, create, share, and transmit.

And, on the other side, what slowly empties us.

Perhaps true luxury is not only having more time. It is having the clarity to stop giving it to what no longer deserves our presence.

At chapter beyond, we believe that the third chapter of life requires this kind of lucidity.

Not to leave everything behind. Not to reject everything. Not to live in an illusion of absolute freedom. But to choose more consciously. What we keep. What we transform. What we leave behind. And above all, what we finally decide to give our energy to.

Because a fully lived life is not only made of what we add. It is also made of what we dare to remove.

To make room for more meaning, more presence, more joy, more truth — and above all, the right people.

So perhaps the question is worth asking: If you had a magic wand, what would you remove today to regain the energy to live what truly matters?

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