Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.

Health is not a thing you acquire but a condition that lets everything else function. Wisdom works the same way. It is not a stock of clever conclusions but the mind in good order, so that judgement, patience and proportion are available when something demands them. And like health it is maintained by daily unremarkable means rather than produced by effort at the moment of need.

Treat it as upkeep rather than achievement. Attend to the ordinary inputs, what you read, how much you sleep, who you talk to, how often you are quiet, and expect the benefit to show as a steadier response next time something goes wrong.