Marcus Aurelius wrote, “Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.”

Actionable habit:

Before saying yes to any request, pause and ask:

• Am I saying yes from clarity — or guilt?


• Does this help me live with intention?


• If I had to pay money to do this, would I still agree?

Seneca observed, “People are frugal in guarding their personal property; but as soon as it comes to squandering time they are most wasteful of the one thing in which it is right to be stingy.”

What am I doing because it’s essential? And what am I doing just to keep the wheel spinning?

Seneca wrote, “It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste much of it.”