“Show me that the good in life does not depend upon life’s length, but upon the use we make of it; also, that it is possible, or rather usual, for a man who has lived long to have lived too little.” — Seneca, Letters to Lucilius 49 (Richard Mott Gummere)

Exercise (20 min)#

1. Read your scores since Day 21. Average them.
2. Identify the one relationship that most tested your discipline this month. Re-read your Day 25 entry.
3. Identify the one virtue (justice, courage, temperance, wisdom) that you most under-practiced this month. Name it as the focus of the final two days.
4. Write the sentence: “In the last two days I will ____.”

Journal Prompt#

What kind of man has this month been making me — and is that the man I set out to become?