Welcome to the Daily Stoic podcast, designed to help bring those four key stoic virtues,

courage, discipline, justice, and wisdom into the real world.

The decades disappear like sinking ships.

You swear you were just in your 20s, and now here you are looking at an

invite to your 20-year reunion. You remember those early months of the pandemic like it was

yesterday, except it wasn't just yesterday. It was six years ago. The 2020s are more than halfway

done. The century is more than 25% of the way done.

Your babies aren't babies anymore. You are not young. Albums and movies you remember coming

out are now celebrating anniversaries. Athletes you remember being drafted are retiring after long careers.

The Roman poet Virgil said, Tempice fugit, time flies. Whole blocks of your life go by like that,

and you barely notice as it's happening. Presidential administrations, winter Olympics to summer Olympics,

births, graduations, weddings, funerals. This is happening and it's happening in one direction.

You have to pay attention. Seneca reminds us that time will cause no commotion to remind you

of its swiftness, but will glide on quietly.

It will not lengthen itself for a king's command or a people's favor.

Don't waste it.

Don't miss it.

Don't miss your opportunity to make the most of the moments that turn into months,

that turn into years, that turn into decades, and disappear

as soon as they pass.

We just got home from a spring break trip.

It's 12 hours of driving.

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