Seneca - On the Shortness of Life

It is not that we have a short space of time, but that we waste much of it. Life is long enough, and (Location 50)

But among the worst I count are those who have time for nothing but alcohol and lust; for none have more shameful engrossments. (Location 145)

Note: Probably two of dad’s biggest vices

There is nothing the busy man is less occupied with than living: there is nothing that is harder to learn. (Location 154)

It takes the whole of life to learn how to live, and—what will perhaps make you wonder more—it takes the whole of life to learn how to die. (Location 155)

And so there is no reason for you to think that any man has lived long because he has grey hairs or wrinkles; he has not lived long—he has existed long. Would you think that a man has had a long voyage, if he had been caught by a fierce storm as soon as he left harbour, swept hither and thither by a succession of winds that raged from different quarters, and had to drive around in a circle? You would think not much voyaging was done, but much tossing about. (Location 174)

Old age surprises them while their minds are still childish, and they come to it unprepared and unarmed, for they have made no provision for it; they have stumbled upon it suddenly and unexpectedly, they did not notice that it was drawing nearer day by day. Just (Location 210)

The present offers only one day at a time, and each by minutes; but all the days of past will appear when you call them, you can behold them and keep them at your will—a thing which those who are engrossed have no time to do. (Location 231)

Note: Not sure i fully understand this - seems to be saying that if you ONLY live in the present everything will be fleeting, that you should take time to reflect on the past and learn from it?