When you take control of your life, the first place to start is Time: where are the hours of your day focused?
But you cannot control Time without first taking control of yourself: Where have you placed your heart, your mind, and your soul? What things are important to you? Why did you come into this world?
When your time for Torah study, for prayer, for family, your time for the world are anchored and fixed with your whole being, then all the winds of the world cannot move them from their place.