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It was a long winter. You got sick. You lapsed on a resolution. You slipped up. You’re tired, distracted, out of sorts. So you’re going to write off the rest of 2026? That’s crazy. In one of my
It was a long winter. You got sick. You lapsed on a resolution. You slipped up. You’re tired, distracted, out of sorts. So you’re going to write off the rest of 2026? That’s crazy. In one of my favorite passages in Meditations, Marcus Aurelius writes, “When jarred, unavoidably, by circumstances, revert at once to yourself, and don't lose the rhythm more than you can help.” I think that word “unavoidably” is key. Slipping up, getting knocked off course, falling off the wagon—it happens. And that’
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