A lagging in like the stack of note cards is a lagging indicator as to whether I have been doing the practice. And if I get to caught up with speaking or podcasts or writing, then that's an issue for now. The other part for me that has been a sort of it wasn't intentional but it's been very, very helpful is I started this daily email in 2016 where I send out one email about so philosophy every day.
Author Ryan Holiday talks about his book, Discipline Is Destiny, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Holiday discusses the mentor who taught him discipline, the self-control of Queen Elizabeth, the world-champion boxer who counseled the man who defeated him in the ring, and the forgotten Roman emperor who helped make Marcus Aurelius the man he would become.