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You Could Have Today. Instead You Choose Tomorrow.

Ryan Holiday
Human Parts
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6 min readApr 5, 2019

Photo: Priscilla Du Preez/Unsplash

It’s our day. Not anyone else’s. There’s no purpose to it. No real structure.

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Human Parts
Human Parts
Ryan Holiday
Ryan Holiday

Written by Ryan Holiday

Bestselling author of ‘Conspiracy,’ ‘Ego is the Enemy’ & ‘The Obstacle Is The Way’ http://amzn.to/24qKRWR

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An uplifting read thanks Ryan.
And if I may, another pertinent line from the great emperor,
“If you seek tranquility, do less…most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you’ll have more time, and more tranquility.”

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Your post reminded me of the Annie Dillard quote “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” Great read. Lately, I’ve been thinking about the topics you discuss here. I hear you on the advice to build your life around the things…

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Yes! People settle for lives that they don’t desire to impress people they don’t like; to then get in debt trying to impress them, and only get to “live” two days out of the week. Dreading the sight and thought of Monday. When Monday has nothing to do with the dread you are feeling/carrying.

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