the daily stoic

M November 15th EVERYTHING IS CHANGE “Meditate often on the swiftness with which all that exists and is coming into being is swe ...

H November 16th HOPE AND FEAR ARE THE SAME “Hecato says, ‘cease to hope and you will cease to fear.’... The primary cause of bot ...

R November 17th JUDGE NOT, LEST... “When philosophy is wielded with arrogance and stubbornly, it is the cause for the ruin of ma ...

I November 18th FOUR HABITS OF THE STOIC MIND “Our rational nature moves freely forward in its impressions when it: 1) accepts n ...

T November 19th MAXIMS FROM THREE WISE MEN “For any challenge we should hold three thoughts at our command: ‘Lead on God and Des ...

fact these events make perfect sense when our perspective is zoomed out, even just slightly. Let’s practice this perspective tod ...

T November 20th BEHOLD, NOW AS EVER “If you’ve seen the present, you’ve seen all things, from time immemorial into all of eterni ...

P November 21st ONCE IS ENOUGH, ONCE IS FOREVER “A good isn’t increased by the addition of time, but if one is wise for even a m ...

T November 22nd THE GLASS IS ALREADY BROKEN “Fortune falls heavily on those for whom she’s unexpected. The one always on the loo ...

A November 23rd ATTACHMENTS ARE THE ENEMY “In short, you must remember this—that if you hold anything dear outside of your own r ...

A November 24th TRAIN TO LET GO OF WHAT’S NOT YOURS “Whenever you experience the pangs of losing something, don’t treat it like ...

S November 25th FUNNY HOW THAT WORKS OUT “As for me, I would choose being sick over living in luxury, for being sick only harms ...

W November 26th THE ALTAR OF NO DIFFERENCE “We are like many pellets of incense falling on the same altar. Some collapse sooner, ...

T November 27th THE PLEASURE OF TUNING OUT THE NEGATIVE “How satisfying it is to dismiss and block out any upsetting or foreign ...

A November 28th IT’S NOT ON THEM, IT’S ON YOU “If someone is slipping up, kindly correct them and point out what they missed. Bu ...

T November 29th YOU’RE GOING TO BE OK “Don’t lament this and don’t get agitated.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 7.43 here’s tha ...

T November 30th FOLLOW THE LOGOS “The person who follows reason in all things will have both leisure and a readiness to act—they ...

DECEMBER MEDITATION ON MORTALITY ...

“L December 1st PRETEND TODAY IS THE END “Let us prepare our minds as if we’d come to the very end of life. Let us postpone noth ...

H December 2nd DON’T MIND ME, I’M ONLY DYING SLOW “Let each thing you would do, say or intend be like that of a dying person.” — ...