The ancient Roman Stoics were keen on freedom. There are as many definitions of that word as there are people on the planet, but, in this context, I will use it to simply mean not letting your mind be under anyone else’s control. You may be reading this, thinking that […]
If you are an extrovert, feel free to skip this article. If you are introverted, please read on. This will be important. The world is full of loud people constantly spouting forth ego and ignorance, trying to fit in with social norms, and attempting to impose those same expectations on […]
The morning meditation of the ancient Roman Stoic and Emperor Marcus Aurelius prepared him for his day. His words are important, but I doubt he expected anyone to treat them as a dogmatic ritual to be recited every morning. (Although, he probably wouldn’t have minded it either.) No, it’s not […]
We all have vices. Everyone. They range on a spectrum, of course, from either having three packs of sugar in our coffee all the way up to mainlining heroin. In the Stoic context and for our purposes here, there is no need to get into the extremes; we will utilize […]
