This is an account of day 21 of the 21-Day Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge, for accounts of other days please click here. In Theory The task for day 21 of the 21-Day Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge is to pretend you're watching your own funeral. Like some of the other tasks over the course of the…

This is an account of day 20 of the 21-Day Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge, for accounts of other days please click here. In Theory The task for day 20 of the 21-Day Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge is to create a pebble jar. Part of the inspiration for this task is the four-foot tower NFL quarterback…

This is an account of day 19 of the 21-Day Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge, for accounts of other days please click here. In Theory The task for day 19 of the 21-Day Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge is to pick one Stoic passage to memorise. Research suggests that modern technology is having profound effects on our…

This is an account of day 18 of the 21-Day Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge, for accounts of other days please click here. In Theory The task for day 18 of the 21-Day Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge is to laugh it out. Per Seneca, “He who laughs has joy. The very soul must be happy and…

This is an account of day 17 of the 21-Day Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge, for accounts of other days please click here. In Theory The task for day 17 of the 21-Day Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge is to buy or make a nice gift for someone else and send it anonymously. When we are kind,…

This is an account of day 16 of the 21-Day Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge, for accounts of other days please click here. In Theory The task for day 16 of the 21-Day Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge is to read an old newspaper. The point is to find evidence that this saying is true: "The more…

This is an account of day 15 of the 21-Day Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge, for accounts of other days please click here. In Theory The task for day 15 of the 21-Day Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge is to solve one nagging problem. The more we delay tending to problems, completing outstanding tasks, the more anxiety…

This is an account of day 14 of the 21-Day Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge, for accounts of other days please click here. In Theory The task for day 14 of the 21-Day Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge is to visit somewhere beautiful and take it in for 30 minutes. The point is to really experience the parts…

This is an account of day 13 of the 21-Day Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge, for accounts of other days please click here. In Theory The task for day 13 of the 21-Day Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge is to pick up one bag of trash. The goal is, as Marcus Aurelius spoke of many times in…

This is an account of day 12 of the 21-Day Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge, for accounts of other days please click here. In Theory The task for day 12 of the 21-Day Daily Stoic Freedom Challenge is to plan (and live) the last day of your life. The idea isn’t to go crazy and indulge…