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Tomorrow is nothing, today is the thing.
Marcus Aurelius · Meditations · paraphrase
What it means today

Planning for tomorrow is fine; living in it is the trap. There is only today, and it is small enough to actually live.

Try this todayCatch yourself rehearsing a future plan when you could be acting in the present, and choose to act now.
Today’s questionAm I living in tomorrow, or in today?
#today#present#action
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