An Easy Yet Powerful Resolution Yud Daled Elul 5770
The Rebbe Rashab writes in a letter that one of the reasons that Yirei Shamayim experience disintegration in their Yiddishkeit is because they hide anything good. For example, when one decides to learn, he does it privately so that no one sees him. The Rebbe Rashab therefore stresses that one may learn what he wants, however it must take place at a set time and in a public place. (Igros Kodesh 1:117)