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Leave Tomorrow Some Work to Do
A reflection on Seneca
Seneca warned that we often suffer more from imagining future troubles than from dealing with troubles that have actually arrived.
Planning is useful. Rehearsing every possible bad outcome is not.
There is a useful distinction:
Preparation asks: “Is there something I should do?”
Worry asks: “What else could go wrong?”
The first can produce action. The second can continue indefinitely.
PRACTICE FOR TODAY
If you catch yourself worrying about something that may happen, ask:
“Is there an action I can reasonably take today?”
If yes, take it.
If no, deliberately leave the matter to tomorrow. You are not ignoring it. You are refusing to pay today's peace for a problem that has not yet arrived.
Deal with today's troubles today. Let tomorrow earn the right to trouble you.