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Marcus Aurelius Prepares For The New Year

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Daniel Lavery
Dec 30, 2017
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Hoo. It’s – hoo boy. Just focus on one thing. Just focus on the thing ahead.

I know it’s kind of hokey, but honestly, after this year, maybe I need hokey, you know? It’s not like anything else has worked. It’s sort of like – I, Emperor of Rome, son of Marcus Annius Verus, heir to Hadrian, know, on some level, that just “drinking more water” isn’t magica…

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