July 5 · Reflection
Seneca was blunt about how we waste time. We treat life as if it were endless, postponing real living to some later, freer season that never quite arrives. But the day in front of you is the only piece of life you actually hold. The past is spent, the future isn't promised. This isn't meant to scare you. It's an invitation to stop saving your attention for later and spend it here. The conversation, the meal, the work, the rest, they're happening now or not at all. You don't need to seize the whole future. Just don't sleepwalk through today.