Stoicism Resources

For me, the most difficult thing about future events is the shadow they can cast over the intervening days that lead up to them. Awareness of this state of affairs is, however, strangely comforting at the same time - that the most difficult thing about future events isn’t even the…

We all submit to distraction once a while (or perhaps more frequently), that much is obvious. It’s rarely the lovely distraction of a gaze out the window at a vivid sunset, but more likely an altogether less engaged gawp at the glass of a glowing screen. Even without an external…

Let’s ask for forgiveness. Let’s ask forgiveness for all those times we have let fear have its way.  When we didn’t have the courage to step forward fully and take hold of the great things life was offering.  When we didn’t have the courage to make a stand in defense…

As a practitioner of Stoicism, I’m always looking for ways to cement the Stoic principles into my daily life. I read, absorb, take notes and repeat in order to learn. Then I attempt to practice what I’ve learned by applying the lessons to specific situations and decisions every day. I…

What is it about our lack of knowledge on a subject that hits us so hard? Why do we get so defensive when we’re exposed as not knowing? “What, you mean you didn’t know that?” “I did! I did know that, I just forgot!” “Yeah, sure you did…” It wasn’t…

We humans have fallen mindlessly into the habit of overcomplicating things. And by things I mean pretty much everything. We invent value where there would otherwise be none, we apply imaginary judgements that make us anxious, we rarely see what’s in front of us simply for what it is. Anthony…