Day 40 · Q1: Self-Knowledge · February 9, 2026
Pause. Breathe. Begin.
I . L E C T I O
Seneca
Letters to Lucilius, Letter 28
“You need to change your soul, not your climate. Though you cross vast oceans, your faults will follow you wherever you go.”
C O N T E X T
Seneca warns his friend that travel is no cure for inner turmoil — your problems travel with you. Written nearly 2,000 years ago, this feels especially urgent in an age of digital escapism and geographic restlessness.
I I . M E D I T A T I O
“What problem have you tried to escape by changing your circumstances — only to find it waiting for you?”
I I I . S C R I P T I O
Write one sentence about something you carry with you that no change of scenery can cure.
I V . C O N N E X I O
Seneca directly challenges Thoreau's retreat to Walden. Is going to the woods a genuine transformation, or just changing climate? Who is right?
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