Daniel "cannot" follow a path. (He cannot obey the principle of 'staying on the straight and narrow' to get to the destination the fastest way.)
You see, rabbits appear all around him, rabbits of possibility, fun, adventure, relief, escape, approval from others, demands from others or circumstance, unsolved fears, or just things that pop up in front of him to mindlessly do.
He starts chasing one, and then another appears to chase and he chases that one, and so on during the day and during his life.
Later he briefly wonders and feels awful about (feels "regret") the fact that he never seems to catch very many rabbits (results that are worth something) - and he wonders why his life is largely wasted or used up by things of little value.
He has no "no rabbit chasing during this time" rule. He does not choose to plan ahead fully, and commit in any way to, what is the highest value set of things to go after.
He could, instead, repeat every day a declarative statement to remind him and to set up a perspective for the day of how to operate. "I will this very day choose the day and what I put in it. I will this very day commit to living my life by what I have chosen this day to be the best for me. I will not tolerate less, I will not waste my precious life, I will only spend my life on what is precious. This, this day, I swear to!"
He could review his rules for the day, from a list he has put together or 'borrowed' from The Site, perhaps keeping them posted on the wall to use as a guideline to remind him during the day of what to do. In this way he would be directing his life, rather than letting random life, or the rabbits, determine his life.
But, alas, he is most likely not to write this down as a small project to finish, for the random rabbits are sufficient to fill his time... And thus he lets much of his life go into oblivion, instead of directing it to living a life of true value.
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