I'm very taken with your post! Super well written! I loved reading it, even in English! (I live in Germany)
I can only confirm each of your points and find this sentence very important:

Busy does not mean productive.
I'm gonna get that back on my mind.

but what I thought was best:

The rest, I promise, is just noise

Thanks for the inspiration! Maybe I should write a German equivalent! 😃
Greetings from Germany,
Monja