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Tuesday - You Don’t Have To Have An Opinion

This is the stoic for me for this year. Not having an opinion about things that upset me. I’m noticing little things triggering me and I need to learn to have no opinion about it. I’ve done this before and life is much better for it. Now I need to take it to the next level and practice it and apply it.

Wednesday - Anger is Bad Fuel

I’ll have to keep this month’s stoics in mind when I feel anger raising later in the year. I do seem to remember the first part of 2020 being better than the last. Anger doesn’t solve anything and often will make things worse.

Thursday - Hero or Nero

Over indulged is the key word for me in this stoic. I certainly over-indulge in things and that usually ends up being a bad thing later. I don’t have a great feeling afterwards and that is something I am continuing to work on.

Yesterday - Protect Your Peace of Mind

Don’t be afraid to make a change. This is interesting because that’s what I’m trying to figure out. Am I not being stoic enough or have things devolved to the point that stoicism is less effective. I believe both can be true. I can do better as a stoic and I could be in a better place.

Today - Pleasure Can Become Punishment

This is something I’m always working on. I’ve been able to improve myself over the last year. I’m no longer staying up later than I should. Over the last 30 days I’ve slept an average of 8:27 hours. That’s a huge jump over last year when I was getting on average about an hour less of sleep. I’ve actually found that because I sleep more it’s harder to operate on less sleep or alcohol. That could also just be me getting old.