A beginner's guide to stoicism, and a journal of its modern application.
I’m trying to apply what I’ve learned already of Stoicsim to the task of raising my kids. More specifically, right now I just want to make life easier for my wife and myself—dealing with irrational and emotional toddlers. I think I’ve got some of it, but I expect this topic is in a constant state keep reading…
Parenting Reflection ResourcesToday was a pretty poor start to Stoic Week for me. I had a few moments at work where I let myself get frustrated at clients and things outside my control. Don’t demand that things happen as you wish, but wish that they happen as they do happen, and you will go on well. Epictetus, keep reading…
Personal ReflectionDuty, from the broad stoic definition, I think, can be made more specific to the individual. Outside of the basic stoic duty of living in accordance with nature—whatever that actually meant tothe Greek and Roman Stoics of the past—I believe that through analyzing my desires and motivations over the last few weeks I’ve been able to keep reading…
Parenting Personal Principles ReflectionI became a designer for many reasons—a love of graphics and visuals, a natural attention to detail, interest in order hierarchy and organization. Recently, while thinking about the stoic view of fame and fortune, I began to think one of the underlying reasons I was drawn to design was to satisfy a desire somewhere inside keep reading…
Personal ReflectionPracticing stoicism is not unlike getting in shape. It occurs to me that I didn’t really start exploring what makes me happy until I had a few other things in order, namely my professional skills and my health. I also realize now that focusing on my mental health probably has the most impact on my keep reading…
Health ReflectionI got a letter in the mail congratulating me on completely repaying my loan. We still have one more student loan left, but we are very close to getting debt free (not including mortgage)—about two years early of our five year plan. In hindsight, our path to debt reduction was actually quite stoic. We have keep reading…
Personal ReflectionThis morning was rough, and it didn’t need to be. Upon reflection I could have avoided upsetting my kids and in turn avoided getting myself annoyed and frustrated. The problem is I, like most people, have limits. Our kids have been in this “phase” for a while now; approximately 8 months. The defiance, obsession with keep reading…
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