{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Dying Every Day (Stoicism in a Year)","title":"Day 139: Between Idleness and Indulgence - Marcus Aurelius on the Work of Being Human","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/93360a29\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":461,"description":"📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe\n\nWelcome back to Dying Every Day. This is Day 139.\n\nThe alarm goes off. You reach for your phone. Not because you need to—just because it’s there. \n\nNothing urgent. Nothing necessary.\n\nAnd when you finally get up, the pull remains. Not toward stillness—but toward more stimulation. More noise. More distraction.\nThis is the quiet pattern of most days: not crisis, not collapse—just a gradual movement away from what matters. It usually happens in two directions. Idleness and indulgence. [...]\n\n---\n \n 🖇️ Stay Connected: \nNewsletter: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/perennialmeditations/\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PerennialMeditations\n---\n \n 🦉 Additional Resources: \nPerennial Meditations archive: https://perennial.substack.com/archive\nListen to more podcasts: https://www.perennialleader.com/podcasts","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/i2NOLOL_psGvTh1mYAB9Wv3hAtZpcGL8tllqKPgpNSE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xODg1/YTFjM2E1ZjMwNWNk/NDM1M2NmZWFhZTc5/ZmRlOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}