☀️ Stoic Morning Minute: Find the Extraordinary in the Ordinary

How the Stoics Turned Mundane Moments into Meaningful Living

Author

Jon High
March 25, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes

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We are not given a short life but we make it short, and we are not ill-supplied but wasteful of it... Life is long if you know how to use it.

Seneca

💭 Modern Translation

We're all waiting for the "big moments" - the promotion, the wedding, the vacation. Meanwhile, Tuesday afternoon is slipping through your fingers unnoticed. And let's be honest, your life is mostly made of random Tuesdays, not Instagram highlights.

The Stoics knew something we forget: Life isn't measured in years but in moments fully lived. You don't have a time problem; you have an attention problem.

⚡️ Your Move

During one ordinary moment today, instead of pulling out your phone, stop completely. Notice three specific details about that moment. This isn't some woo-woo mindfulness BS - it's Stoic presence, and it's how you stop being that person who somehow missed their own life while planning for it.

🤔 Today's Question

What "ordinary" moment do you rush through daily that might actually be worth showing up for?

Make Tuesday count,

Jon