More practically, the poet [[W. H. Auden]] said that “**The modern stoic knows that the surest way to discipline passion is to discipline time: decide what you want or ought to do during the day, then always do it exactly the same moment every day, and passion will give you no trouble**.” Now, one doesn’t have to follow this advice literally to still see the deeper message: **Routine is an essential tool in the management of time and the suppression of those negative forces of distraction, procrastination, and laziness**. --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[discipline]], [[habits]], [[routines]], [[stoicism]], [[self-reflection]], [[environmental-design]], **Source** -- [[202409150124 - B - Discipline is Destiny]]