Daily Stoic(s)

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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.

Did That Make You Feel Better?

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“Is this making me feel better?” Is absolutely something I’m going to start employing when I feel like I’m getting emotional. I hope the answer is no, particularly when it comes to work. Sometimes raging can make me feel better. Not in the overly dramatic way. Actually now that I think about it. Not really. I don’t think any of the truly freakout things has ever made me feel better because I usually end up hurting myself. Both emotionally, physically, and in my relationships with others.

Fear is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

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I think fear has led to a lot of my angst at work. Fear the company fails or I’m no longer needed. I know that I’d be able to pick myself up but I also think I really care about the success of the company I’m at and I see a lot of things that can bring it down. I need to realize that I suck at predictions and need to do my best and not let fear interfere.

Daily Stoic(s)

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

Yesterday - Steady Your Impulses

I am one of those people with highs and lows. I’m trying to be more in the middle day-to-day. I found that to be a much better day. I’m also starting to pay attention to how my highs and lows impact people. Obviously the lows are what make me come off as exhausting.

Today - Don’t Seek Out Strife

I’m starting to be at peace more. Instead of always staying busy if I don’t have something I strongly want to do I’ve started to just sit and think. This has helped with reflection and awareness. At work I don’t think I do this enough. As part of 40 hours I feel like they must be filled with constant work. When in fact time to think is good and helps retain awareness and reflect on things.

One Being Invincible

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One of the things I’m trying to better understand is what words are within my area of influence. What do I say that makes people think and what do I say that puts them off. This will allow me to make better choices on the words I use. Maybe that’s going a little too deep into the stoicism about not worrying about what’s outside of my reasoned choice. Words have power.

I’ve seen things I say offhanded get taken very seriously. While others are tossed aside. Maybe the lesson is that I can say what I say but I can’t control how they’re taken.