Friday Wisdom

Friday Wisdom

Weekends often tempt us to chase distractions — travel, entertainment, or constant busyness. But Marcus Aurelius reminds us that the best retreat isn’t a location, but the state of our own mind. A weekend well spent doesn’t require elaborate plans. It can mean:
  • Taking time for reflection, journaling, or meditation.
  • Enjoying simple pleasures without rushing.
  • Restoring your body with exercise, sleep, or nature.
  • Focusing on what truly matters instead of chasing novelty.
Your weekend is a chance to recharge not by escaping life, but by reconnecting with yourself.
Stoic Quote:
Men seek retreats for themselves, houses in the country, sea-shores, and mountains; and thou too art wont to desire such things very much. But this is altogether a mark of the most common sort of men, for it is in thy power whenever thou shalt choose to retire into thyself. For nowhere either with more quiet or more freedom from trouble does a man retire than into his own soul.
— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book IV, 3
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