This Will Not Free You | The Secret To Better Habits in 2023
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🗓️ 27 December 2022
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Summary
Seneca had money and privilege. Lots of it.
Yet where did it get him?
It didn’t save him from illness, or spare him from years of convalescence.
Does this mean there is no advantage to having money? No. Nor does it imply that not having money is better than having it (Seneca would deem money a ‘preferred indifferent’—better to have than not have).
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In one of the best passages in Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations, Marcus tells himself to stop hoping and “be his own savior while he can.” It’s great advice — advice we should follow this year.
And we do that by starting with some foundational habits and mindset shifts. Today, Ryan outlines some of the best ways that you can have better habits in 2023.
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| 0:39.0 | This will not free you. |
| 0:43.2 | Sennaka had money in privilege. |
| 0:45.5 | Lots of it. |
| 0:46.7 | Yet where did it get him? |
| 0:48.0 | It didn't save him from illness or spare him years of convalescence when he got sick. |
| 0:52.8 | It didn't protect him from the whims of an emperor who exiled him for false charges. |
| 0:57.4 | It didn't save him from tragically losing a child. |
| 1:00.2 | In the end, it didn't even give him the freedom to walk away from nears service when he |
| 1:03.8 | wanted to. |
| 1:05.4 | Even with his vast wealth that was a problem, he couldn't buy himself out of. |
| 1:09.8 | Does this mean there's no advantage to having money? |
| 1:12.3 | No. |
| 1:13.3 | Nor does it imply that not having money is better than having it. |
| 1:16.7 | Sennaka would deem money a preferred and different, better to have than not have. |
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