This advice aligns with Seneca’s broader Stoic ethic, in which virtue expresses itself through timely, decisive action. In letters like *Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium*, he warns against the paralysis of endless preparation and theoretical planning. Instead, he commends ‘living immediately,’ which today might mean launching a minimal version of an idea rather than waiting for flawless readiness. The story you are meant to live, he implies, becomes legible only once you move inside it, not while you stand outside drafting plans. [...]
