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Day 139: Between Idleness and Indulgence - Marcus Aurelius on the Work of Being Human
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- Mar 28, 2026
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š® Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe Welcome back to Dying Every Day. This is Day 139. The alarm goes off. You reach for your phone. Not because you need toājust because itās there. Nothing urgent. Nothing necessary. And when you finally get up, the pull remains. Not toward stillnessābut toward more stimulation. More noise. More distraction. This is the quiet pattern of most days: not crisis, not collapseājust a gradual movement away from what matters. It usually happens in two directions. Idleness and indulgence. [...] --- šļø Stay Connected: Newsletter: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perennialmeditations/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PerennialMeditations --- š¦ Additional Resources: Perennial Meditations archive: https://perennial.substack.com/archive Listen to more podcasts: https://www.perennialleader.com/podcasts