Day 19 · Q1: Self-Knowledge · January 19, 2026
Pause. Breathe. Begin.
I . L E C T I O
Seneca
Letters to Lucilius, Letter 2
“To be everywhere is to be nowhere.”
C O N T E X T
In his second letter, Seneca warns against the dangers of intellectual restlessness — reading too many books, following too many teachers, consuming without digesting. Sound familiar in the age of infinite tabs?
I I . M E D I T A T I O
“How many books, podcasts, or articles are you currently 'reading' without finishing any of them?”
I I I . S C R I P T I O
Write one sentence about what you would gain by focusing on one thing deeply instead of many things superficially.
I V . C O N N E X I O
Seneca's warning against being everywhere connects to Pascal's restlessness. Both diagnose the same disease: the inability to stay with one thing. Is OrdoLectura itself an antidote?
This practice exists because of readers like you.
Sustain it →Tomorrow's passage, delivered at dawn.