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Mar 2024
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Are You Spending This Wisely? | Lives Of...

Daily Stoic | Wondery
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Today is that day many dread—the day the clocks spring forward. Yes, in the middle of the night, you lost an hour that you’ll never get back. An hour of sleep, an hour of leisure, an hour to spend with your kids. You mourn that loss of time, wondering all the ways you could’ve spent it otherwise. He is the pupil and successor of Dioghenes ho Babylonios (Dio ... Show More
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