I am blogging everyday (or nearly everyday) on The Daily Stoic.

The stoic says to pick a wise person to aspire to. Over the last year I’ve discovered that doing that can lead to some negative thoughts when I fail to mimic that person. I have my own make up and past that makes it very difficult for me to aspire to be this person or that person. I think we do the best we can and look to improve ourselves bit by bit. Those people have their own demons and I don’t they’re perfect.

Jeff Bagwell is someone I looked up to growing up. How he played baseball and went about his business. Years later it was discovered that some of that business was cheating with another woman. He went to court and lost some credibility. I think we watch the wise and take what we can and aspire to be our own best person.