the daily stoic

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.” — ...

P December 3rd THE PHILOSOPHER AS AN ARTISAN OF LIFE AND DEATH “Philosophy does not claim to get a person any external possessio ...

T December 4th YOU DON’T OWN THAT “Anything that can be prevented, taken away, or coerced is not a person’s own—but those things ...

P December 5th THE BENEFITS OF SOBERING THOUGHTS “Keep death and exile before your eyes each day, along with everything that see ...

T December 6th THE SWORD DANGLES OVER YOU “Don’t behave as if you are destined to live forever. What’s fated hangs over you. As ...

W December 7th THE CARDS WE’RE DEALT “Think of the life you have lived until now as over and, as a dead man, see what’s left as ...

W December 8th DON’T HIDE FROM YOUR FEELINGS “It’s better to conquer grief than to deceive it.” —SENECA, ON CONSOLATION TO HELVI ...

T December 9th SPENDTHRIFTS OF TIME “Were all the geniuses of history to focus on this single theme, they could never fully expr ...

P December 10th DON’T SELL YOURSELF TOO CHEAPLY “I say, let no one rob me of a single day who isn’t going to make a full return ...

L December 11th DIGNITY AND BRAVERY “As Cicero says, we hate gladiators if they are quick to save their lives by any means; we f ...

A December 12th THE BEAT GOES ON “Walk the long gallery of the past, of empires and kingdoms succeeding each other without numbe ...

T December 13th IT’S JUST A NUMBER “You aren’t bothered, are you, because you weigh a certain amount and not twice as much? So w ...