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We are not given much, but we waste what we are given.
Seneca · Letters from a Stoic · paraphrase
What it means today

The complaint is usually that life is short or resources are few; the truth is that they are squandered. The waste, not the supply, is the problem — and the waste is fixable.

Try this todayNotice one resource you are wasting today and redirect it toward what matters.
Today’s questionWhat am I wasting, that I blame on scarcity?
#waste#time#attention
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