At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: I have to go to work — as a human being.

Marcus Aurelius · Meditations V.1

What it means

You weren't made to stay warm under blankets. You were made to do your work in the world.

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Start the one task you're dreading within the first hour you're awake.

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