Day 139: Between Idleness and Indulgence - Marcus Aurelius on the Work of Being Human
Dying Every Day (Stoic Meditations) · Mar 28, 2026 · 7:41
Dying Every Day (Stoic Meditations)
Dying Every Day (Stoic Meditations) · Mar 28, 2026 · 7:41
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Welcome back to Dying Every Day. This is Day 139.
The alarm goes off. You reach for your phone. Not because you need to—just because it’s there.
Nothing urgent. Nothing necessary.
And when you finally get up, the pull remains. Not toward stillness—but toward more stimulation. More noise. More distraction.
This is the quiet pattern of most days: not crisis, not collapse—just a gradual movement away from what matters. It usually happens in two directions. Idleness and indulgence. [...]
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