This is an account of day 4 of the 21-Day Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge, for accounts of other days please click here. In Theory The task for day 4 of the 21-Day Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge is to see how long you can go without complaining. The point is that…
This is an account of day 3 of the 21-Day Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge, for accounts of other days please click here. In Theory The task for day 3 of the 21-Day Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge is to develop a daily outfit. By introducing consistency into what we wear on…
This is an account of day 2 of the 21-Day Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge, for accounts of other days please click here. In Theory The task for day 2 of the 21-Day Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge is to pick a diet to follow for the rest of the challenge. As…
This is an account of day 1 of the 21-Day Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge, for accounts of other days please click here. In Theory Day 1 of the 21-Day Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge prompts participants to start things off by taking a cold shower or plunge. It isn’t about pain…
Every few months, the Daily Stoic (of the book and journal of the same name) run a challenge to help their readers adopt a more Stoic mindset by practising things like gratitude and voluntary discomfort. The latest of these challenges, The Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge, is explained as follows: The…
I was introduced to someone today and the first thing they said to me was: “I love you.” This took me aback and I panicked and replied with, “Nice to meet you!” Luckily for me they seemed to happily accept my fumbled greeting even though I hadn’t reciprocated their more…
Imagine something for a second. Imagine you are 80 years old. Your skin’s a bit looser, you have whiter/thinner/no hair, your teeth are in a different room. If those things apply to you already I mean no disrespect — they’re all perfectly natural. But if you have to imagine, ask yourself these…
I enjoy watching animals doing nothing. Just as well really, they can be found doing nothing most of the time. If you live in the countryside, or travel there often, you might enjoy this too. It’s peaceful. Gazing into a green field at grazing sheep, I can focus on something…
The phrase “get away from it all” is so common that it warrants its own definition in Collins English Dictionary. The Collins website explains it as follows: “If you get away from it all, you have a holiday in a place that is very different from where you normally live…
“Mari, you have to go,” Keller says. “I admire what you’re trying to do, I admire the hell out of what you’re trying to do, but it’s not possible. You and a half dozen women cannot go up against the Sinaloa cartel!” “Because the people who are supposed to protect…