What are you Guided by?
How often during each day do you choose to self-reflect, and objectively observe “where are you coming from”; what is your objective and purpose here and now? This is not our usual pattern of being in the world BUT it can be if you choose. You ask: why bother? It seems like so much Work.
The truth is, that in doing this, and even better, being this, will add an expanse, depth, and length to your life that will be hard to imagine. We can call this an inner stop. Be still, listen for a microsecond for the silence. Then observe and query your inner witness.