☀️ Stoic Morning Minute: Stop Borrowing Tomorrow's Troubles

Deal with reality first

Author

Jon High
February 18, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 1 minute

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We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

Seneca

💭 Modern Translation

Your inbox is full. Your kid is sick. You just ran out of coffee. Life serves up plenty of real challenges every single day.

So, why do we waste precious energy suffering through scenarios that haven't even happened? You know the drill - worrying about next month's review before your boss has said a word, stressing about a team meeting that's still a week away, or imagining how a dozen different conversations might go wrong.

⚡️ Your Move

Next time anxiety hits, ask yourself: "Is this a real problem I need to solve right now, or am I just borrowing trouble from the future?" Deal with what's actually on your plate today - it's probably more than enough.

Be here now,

Jon