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The man who chooses the shortest route often arrives last. Those who walk at random, but with good hope, are sometimes seen to make the journey of the king.
Seneca · Letters from a Stoic · paraphrase
What it means today

The most direct path is not always the fastest. Sometimes the slow, faithful, slightly wandering path is the one that actually arrives, because the shortcuts break.

Try this todayStop trying to optimize one thing today, and just do the next right step.
Today’s questionWhere am I forcing the shortcut, when the longer path would actually work better?
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