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A MEDITATION

“ Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.

— Marcus Aurelius

Meditations 4.17

On mortality

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A reflection

Don't plan as if you have forever — you don't. Instead of racing against the clock, use the clock as a filter. What's worth doing now? Do that. The rest can wait or be dropped.

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