I am blogging everyday (or nearly everyday) on The Daily Stoic.
It’s hard to find the positives right now. I’ve found a lot of positives in the pandemic and at work. The more this drags on though the harder it becomes to find the positives. Or maybe it’s easy and I’m just worn down and frustrated and lazy. It’s there. I know it is and maybe I’m not the right person to find the positives.
I am blogging everyday (or nearly everyday) on The Daily Stoic.
In any awful situation I still have two things my thoughts and choices. I may feel the pull to make choices or outside factors may contribute to making a choice. I still control that choice I make. If I given in that is my responsibility and my choice.
I am blogging everyday (or nearly everyday) on The Daily Stoic.
I can focus on myself during hard times. During a pandemic or an difficult and frustrating time at work. I can’t control time, events, or even other people. So I will focus on myself and work to make myself better. To make myself better at dealing with frustration and stress and exhaustion.
I am blogging everyday (or nearly everyday) on The Daily Stoic.
Philosophy asks some real hard questions. Practicing it can also mean doing things that I don’t want to do. I’ve felt that when meditating. Most times I’m not in a rush. There are other times where I want to rush through meditation so I can go do the thing. This daily stoic is another example. I haven’t done a very good job this week with distracts, stress, and exhaustion.
I must train even when it’s inconvenient. For me that’s doing the daily stoic while traveling or even working out. I had a break through on my most recent trip with working out. I didn’t do the daily stoic however.
Right now work is plentiful, stressful, difficult, and exhausting. I’m succumbing to some of the effects of that. I think I need to re-frame into an idea that this is a tough moment in my life. I will get through this and I will be better for it.
I am blogging everyday (or nearly everyday) on The Daily Stoic.
I’ve come to realize that sometimes it’s on me when I feel wronged. Usually there’s a reason the other person did it. It might not be a good one but there’s a reason.
The stoic talks about building resilience. I feel like I’m failing at this with certain things in my life. I succumb to impulses and don’t push myself to better. Thinking on that I do feel like I am making progress towards resilience. I work in the morning when I get to work. This is meant to be a form of meditation and a way to start my day and get prepared. That 40 mins could be spent working and getting more things done but at what cost. I feel my resilience might be less. Maybe I am building resilience one day at a time.
