A Monastic Cell Is a Lovely Place for Surrender

The mind expects to be added by adding something, then I will arrive, adding a future moment. But the realization is that nothing needs to be added for awakening. It's much more likely to arise when things are taken away from you rather than when things are added to you. This is not to say that on the level of your personality, the historical person, there are not still things for you to do. You can add new experiences, you can travel, you can learn something new, a language, take up a musical instrument and build up a business.