It's kind of a funny tradition when you think about it, isn't it? How we all stay up late each year and count down the final seconds of the year together?
5…4…3…2…1…
Happy New Year!
We cheer, we celebrate. It's a big show and a lot of fun, but how many of us—in a rush for a kiss from a loved one or as the glasses clink together—really feel what's just happened?
Those seconds we were counting down were seconds we'll never get back, our time here tick, tick, ticking away. A year of our lives gone forever. Tempus fugit. Memento mori.
The Stoics didn't take note of how fast time flies and the shortness of life to be morbid. They sought invigoration. They sought perspective. They sought clarity.
Seneca said that if you went to bed thinking that you had lived your whole life, the morning would feel like a bonus. We can apply the same thinking annually.
2025 is dead and gone. Who we were in 2025 is dead and gone. Here we are, lucky enough to rise again in 2026. A year not guaranteed to anyone. We have beaten death. We have been given a fresh chance at life. So who will we be?
Will this be the year you fully realize the gift of time and become the person you know you're capable of being? To act upon those dreams you have? To not waste a moment, knowing it's not promised to anyone?
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