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“The greatest part of our life is spent in doing nothing.”
Seneca · Letters from a Stoic
What it means today

We like to think we are busy, but a startling amount of life is spent in dithering, postponing, drifting. The honest accounting is the first step to spending time better.

Try this todayAdd up one "busy" day and notice how much of it was actual doing versus wheel-spinning.
Today’s questionHow much of my life is real activity, and how much is just motion?
#busyness#time#activity
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