Post

How to get URL link on X (Twitter) App

On the Twitter thread, click on or icon on the bottom
Click again on or Share Via icon
Click on Copy Link to Tweet
Paste it above and click "Unroll Thread"!
More info at Twitter Help

Michael McGill 🏛

@mcgillmd921

Sep 17, 2020 • 8 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X

Scrolly

A great life is nothing more than a collection of great days.

Want a great life?

Make each day great.

How can you make each day great?

Treat it like a mini-life.

How?

/Thread 👇👇👇

Treat each "phase" of your day as a "phase" of your life.

From waking in the morning, to going to sleep at night, our days have fairly consistent phases that are comparable to phases of life.

Make each of these phases special, and you have created a great "mini-life."

Waking = Birth

You are born again!

You have a fresh start.

Start this mini-life with gratitude.

-The moment you wake, immediately smile.
-Summon feelings of gratitude for this new mini-life.

Morning = Childhood

What do kids do? They move around, have fun, and learn.

Do the same with the childhood phase of your mini-life.

-Exercise that you enjoy
-Read, Reflect, Meditate

Start the day investing in yourself before you do the “other” work that pays the bills.

Working = Career

Have a career you can be proud of in this mini-life...no matter what your current job is.

-Treat you job as your platform where you bring your best self and create art.
-Do meaningful work.
-Practice Servant Leadership
-Help others

Evening = Retirement

You have had a great career in this mini-life...now treat yourself to a great retirement.

-Spend meaningful time with your family and friends.
-Spend time on hobbies that you find rewarding.
-Make it count...your mini-life is nearing an end.

Going to Bed = Preparing to Die

Your mini-life is drawing to a close.

Take time to reflect and prepare to move on.

-Journal
-Write down the great things that happened in this mini-life.
-Read philosophy, or any "spiritual" text that connects you to your deeper truths.

Sleep = Death

Your mini-life has come to a close.

-Say your prayers of gratitude.
-Make the last thoughts of your day thankful ones.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

More from @mcgillmd921

Michael McGill 🏛

@mcgillmd921

Sep 17

Rome’s greatest epic was almost lost forever.

Virgil wanted The Aeneid destroyed. Augustus refused.

Here’s the story of the poet, the emperor, and the poem that became Rome’s eternal myth. 🏛️🧵

Who was Virgil?

Born in 70 BC in Cisalpine Gaul, Publius Vergilius Maro was quiet, scholarly, and deeply thoughtful.

He lived through Rome’s bloody civil wars, and longed for peace.

Virgil first wrote the Eclogues, dreamy pastoral poems.
Then the Georgics, celebrating farming and Roman virtue.

These works made him famous.

But his true masterpiece was yet to come.

Read 12 tweets

Michael McGill 🏛

@mcgillmd921

Sep 13

“He was a consul of Rome.”

In 48 BC, Caesar had just won the civil war. His enemy Pompey fled to Egypt.

When Caesar arrived, the Egyptians gave him a gift: Pompey’s severed head.

But instead of joy, Caesar wept. Why?

This is the story of Rome’s most infamous "gift." 🧵

Let’s rewind.

Pompey Magnus “the Great” was one of Rome’s most celebrated generals.

He won triumphs, cleared the seas of pirates, and expanded Rome’s empire.

He wasn’t just Caesar’s rival.

He was his former ally, and his son-in-law.

Together with Crassus, Caesar and Pompey formed the First Triumvirate; a political alliance that dominated Rome.

To cement the bond, Pompey married Caesar’s daughter, Julia.

But Julia’s death in childbirth], and Crassus’ death in battle, left the alliance in ruins.

Read 12 tweets

Michael McGill 🏛

@mcgillmd921

Sep 12

49 BC.

Julius Caesar stood on the banks of a small river in northern Italy.

The Rubicon.

To cross it meant civil war. To stay meant surrender.

What followed would change Rome forever. 🧵

How did it come to this?

For years, Caesar had risen through the ranks: brilliant general, ruthless politician, master manipulator.

He conquered Gaul, won riches, and secured loyalty from his legions.

But back in Rome, the Senate grew fearful.

The Senate, led by Pompey, once Caesar’s ally, ordered him to disband his army and return as a private citizen.

Without his legions, Caesar would be defenseless.
Trials for corruption and loss of power awaited.

It was checkmate.

Unless Caesar broke the rules.

Read 12 tweets

Michael McGill 🏛

@mcgillmd921

Sep 11

Cicero was one of ancient Rome's most complex figures.

At the height of his power, he was hailed as Pater Patriae: Father of the Fatherland. Yet he died with his hands nailed to the Forum.

Let’s dive into the rise and fall of Marcus Tullius Cicero 🏛️🧵

Who was Cicero?

A Roman statesman, philosopher, orator, and writer. Cicero was a Renaissance man before the Renaissance.

Besides Julius Caesar, he may be the most famous Roman of them all. And unlike Caesar, he started with no noble blood.

The New Man

Born in 106 BC in Arpinum, Cicero came from a wealthy equestrian family; but not the Roman elite.

He was a novus homo, or "new man", the first in his family to enter the Senate. Many saw him as an outsider.

His enemies never let him forget it.

Read 15 tweets

Michael McGill 🏛

@mcgillmd921

Sep 7

In the late Roman Republic, two brothers bravely dared to challenge the power of Rome’s elite.

They stood for the poor. For justice. For the Republic.

They paid for it with their lives.

This is the story of the Gracchi. 🏛️🧵

Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus were born into privilege, but raised with a conscience.

Their mother, Cornelia Africana, was the daughter of Scipio Africanus, the hero who defeated Hannibal.

Cornelia raised them to be more than just noble.

Our story begins with Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, born into Roman nobility, but with a heart for the plebs.

In 133 BC, as Tribune of the Plebs, he proposed a radical idea: Redistribute public land to the poor.

It would ignite a firestorm in the Senate.

Read 13 tweets

Michael McGill 🏛

@mcgillmd921

Sep 5

September 4, 476 AD

The boy-emperor Romulus Augustulus was deposed.

The Roman Empire, the greatest the world had known, was dead in the West.

This day marked the end of antiquity and the beginning of the Middle Ages.

Here’s how it happened... 🧵

The Cracks in the Empire

For centuries, Rome ruled from Britannia to Egypt.

But by the 5th century, the Western Empire was a shadow of itself; plagued by civil wars, corruption, famine, and foreign invasions.

Barbarian tribes surged across the crumbling borders.

A Tale of Two Empires

By now, the Roman Empire had split:

East (Byzantium) — rich and resilient

West — bankrupt, chaotic, and barely hanging on

The Western Empire’s capital had moved from Rome to Ravenna.

Safer, but symbolic of retreat.

Read 11 tweets

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Share this page!

Enter URL or ID to Unroll

Michael McGill 🏛

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

More from @mcgillmd921

Michael McGill 🏛

Michael McGill 🏛

Michael McGill 🏛

Michael McGill 🏛

Michael McGill 🏛

Michael McGill 🏛

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Send Email!