No body told me "you get out of life as much as you put in".
Much like the theory of 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to become an expert, perhaps measuring deliberate time is a good proxy measure for life progress.
Life doesn't always reap the benefits as much as we seek but I trust that it will balance out over time.
If you want to be an expert of yourself and be in control of your life, be deliberate.