Taking The 21-Day Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge

Every few months, The Daily Stoic (of the book and journal of the same name) runs a challenge to help readers adopt a more Stoic mindset. These challenges focus on practices like gratitude and voluntary discomfort. The latest of these challenges, The Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge, is explained as follows:…

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Imagine You Are 80 Years Old

Imagine you are 80 years old. Your skin is a little looser, your hair is whiter or thinner (or maybe gone altogether), and your teeth might not be where they used to be. If any of that already applies to you, no offense—it’s all perfectly natural. But if you’re just…

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Poor Are Those Who Need Too Much

In his Consolation to Helvia, the Stoic philosopher Seneca the Younger asks: “Is it not madness and the wildest lunacy to desire so much when you can hold so little?” He argues it's unwise “to think that it is the amount of money and not the state of mind that…

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Would You Choose Water Over Wine?

I recently heard a song I hadn’t listened to in years. I say “heard” instead of “listened” because this time, the song moved me in a way it never had before. It’s easy to listen to something without really processing it. Truly hearing it—taking it in and reflecting on it—is…

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How James Frey Recovered From A Public Stoning

When the book A Million Little Pieces was published in 2003, it marked a major victory for James Frey. He had spent twelve years in France trying to become a writer, and now he finally was one. But for Frey, success wasn’t about getting published—it was about finally writing a…

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