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Work

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 I LOVE it when I find source material! “ It always does seem to me that I am doing more work than I should do. It is not that I object to the work, mind you; I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me: the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart.” Jerome K. Jerome, “Three Men In A Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)” Ch. 15 (1889)
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T’was A Dark and Froggy Night

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Tranquil and Active

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The Love Of Wisdom

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  (Seneca, Moral Letters, 16.3)  
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Practice What You Preach

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  (Seneca, Moral Letters, 108.38)
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Resist!

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(Epictetus, The Art of Living. Photo by Wendy Wei)  
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Perfection is the enemy of action

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Just The Facts, Ma’am

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  “Don’t tell yourself anything more than what the initial impressions report. It’s been reported to you that someone is speaking badly about you. This is the report—the report wasn’t that you’ve been harmed. . .   . . .  So always stay within your first impressions, and don’t add to them in your head—this way nothing can happen to you.” (Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 8.49)
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Start Where You Are

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  Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 9.29
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Currently Reading

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It Happened Before, It Can Happen Again

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 Fell off the fitness wagon 3 years ago. Time to start over.
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Nip It!

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  "The more you say," Robert Greene has written, "the more likely you are to say something foolish." 
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A Made Up Mind

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“You must completely control your desire and shift your avoidance to what lies within your reasoned choice.” (Epictetus, Discourses, 3.22)
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The Good Life Is Anywhere, Everywhere

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 (Seneca, Moral Letters, 28.5)
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Nothing Can Prevent Learning

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(Musonius Rufus, Lectures, 9.37.30–31, 9.39.1)
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Dwell Not On The Negative

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 Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 8.50
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