Failure is failure, and it's expected along the path. Is one failure more or less forgivable than another failure? I think we only hurt ourselves by believing that so, in concerns to our stoic practice: I say no. This week we're working through Meditation 10 from Book 2 of The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.“In comparing sins (the way people do) Theophrastus says that the ones committed out of...
Do not forget these 5 things
Meditation #9 from Book 2 of The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
Habituate the practice of minding your mind
What are they thinking? Who knows. The more important question is, "What am I thinking?"
Training yourself to pay attention
The Stoic Prokopton must first learn to pay attention to what they're doing.
Respecting yourself is more important than how others perceive you
Are your sacrificing your wellbeing for social popularity or likability?
Deep work is a 2300-year-old stoic principle
Today, we call it deep work. But thousands of years ago, the Stoics called it prosochē.