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Let each day be treated as if it were a complete life.
Seneca · Letters from a Stoic · paraphrase
What it means today

Treating a day as a whole life changes how you spend it: begin it deliberately, do the important thing, and let it be enough when it ends.

Try this todayBegin and end today as if it were a whole life, not just one more day.
Today’s questionIf today were a complete life, how would I live it?
#day#life#deliberation
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