Desiring the Hereafter Over the Dunya

Allah reminds us about this in the Qur'an:

Whoever wants — desires — their motive, their reason for doing what they do every day, is they want something from this world, they can have it, no problem. But if you only work for this world, if that's your only intention, your only desire — to keep up appearances, to look good to others, to get a bit of cash, to get a bit of wealth, to get some status, to get some prestige — if that's the only thing you want, you can have it in this world, and you can suffer in the afterlife.

But whoever desires the afterlife, and every deed — from the food they eat to the brushing of their teeth — the intention is to please Allah and to gain the afterlife, and they work hard for the afterlife: those people, they will see their reward in the afterlife.

It's all about why we do what we do. Not how many things we do, not what we do — but it's about the intention.