All moves that your ego thinks of are lateral moves.  A lateral move is sideways when your goal is in front of you.  Traversing the mountain instead of climbing straight up it.  Lateral moves do nothing but waste time, or, which is the same thing, extend the need for time.

Would you not rather attain the precipice?

The whole point of this tedious illusion you call time is that you use it to attain the precipice, to conquer, to be glorious and triumphant in every area of your attention, what you like to think of as your life.  To be glorious and triumphant in every area: this is your goal.  There can be no other goal than this.  Every other goal you have is a lateral move.

No matter how many lateral moves you make, you stay in place.

How can we avoid making lateral moves?

Let us seek to diminish activity in the physical realm.  There is really very little you must do there. Let it be taken care of for you, much more than you have been.  Do not spend too much time on details of home decoration, as this does not deserve your attention.  In fifty years everything you love today will be impossibly dated. Let it be as it will be. Allow your home to be done for you.  Gently pull your attention back.

Consider the lilies

Everything that used to engage you, you will have your own list, all the worries, the triggers, the stressors, pull back your attention a little. Let it be done for you for the good of all.

It is for you to form preferences.  Instead of letting the busy world rush by, confusing you with its rapid-changing images, go within.  Close your eyes to all distractions, and identify your preferences.

I am the fulfilled activity and sustaining power of every positive thing I desire

The St Germain Discourses, Vol III