Seneca: You are not traveling but drifting from place to…

It is easy to make our discipline conditional: once the house is quiet, once the project ends, once we move, once we get the right equipment. Better conditions can help, but they rarely supply the focus or courage we have not practiced already. The same distracted mind can follow us into a beautiful new setting. Instead of waiting for the ideal backdrop, learn to work with the one you have. Write the paragraph at the crowded table. Make the needed call before you feel completely prepared. Give your partner attention without requiring a perfect evening. Adaptability is a form of freedom because it reduces the number of circumstances that can stop you. Today, choose one worthwhile action you have postponed for environmental reasons. Do a modest version of it where you are. The present place is not merely a waiting room for your life.