☀️ Stoic Morning Minute: Focus!

I’m talking to you

Author

Jon High
February 07, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 1 minute

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Do external things distract you? Then make time for yourself to learn something worthwhile; stop letting yourself be pulled in all directions.

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

💭 Modern Translation

Three browser windows. Fourteen open tabs. Two different chat apps pinging. Music playing. Email notifications popping. You're doing everything at once, which means you're doing nothing well. Your brain isn't built for this, and the Stoics knew it 2,000 years before Slack ever existed.

⚡️ Your Move

Pick your next important task today. Before starting, close every. single. tab. except the one you need. Put your phone in another room. Now set a timer for 20 minutes of pure, single-task focus. Nothing else exists. Watch how much better your brain works when it's not juggling.

(Bonus: Notice how the world doesn't end when you're unreachable for 20 minutes.)

Enjoy your weekend,

Jon