Not hokey at all. It's basically a Kaizen approach to your personal life. "Take small steps/actions", or something like that.

Works for me. I have to be very careful about how I expend my energy, while being aware that many things demand my effort. So everything gets broken down into pieces, and no piece is too small.

I'm getting into Lego as a hobby, and if I'm too tired I'll just do a step. It may or may not lead to more, but there it is.

I like sim racing too, so if I'm too tired to race, I'll boot up the sim and do a few practice laps. Or just one, whatever.