The Daily Stoic - Build A Life You Aren’t Trying To Flee

Episode Date: June 28, 2023

Of course, it’s lovely to take a vacation. It’s lovely to go to cool places. Even on the weekend, it’s lovely to go places and do things we can’t do during the week.But Seneca tells us to be careful. He quotes Lucretius who said, “Thus each man flees himself,” then elaborates, “But to what end if he does not escape himself? He pursues and dogs himself as his own most tedious companion. And so we must realize that our difficulty is not the fault of the places but of ourselves.”We all seem to be traveling from destination to destination, even when we arrive at our destination.✉️ Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail🏛 Check out the Daily Stoic Store for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more.📱 Follow us: Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, FacebookSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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But Seneca tells us to be careful. He quotes Lucretius, who said that thus each man flees himself, but then Seneca elaborates. But to what end if he does not escape himself, he pursues and dogs himself as his most tedious companion. And we must realize that our difficulty is not the fault of the places but of ourselves. We all seem to be traveling from one destination to the next, even when we arrive at our destination. At lunch on vacation, we're making plans for dinner. At one tourist attraction, we're excited for the next one. On the beach, we're making plans for dinner at one tourist attraction. We're excited for the next one on the beach.

We look forward to the pool and in the pool, we look forward to tomorrow's day at the beach. We, Santa Cuvrites, make one journey after another and change spectacle for spectacle. Be wary of the urge to be constantly on the move. As the stoic say, you will not find what you are looking for, happiness, joy, serenity, peace, fulfillment in these externals or in these external places. You can only find it internally because you can't to the Daily Stoke early and ad free on Amazon Music, download the Amazon Music app today, or you can listen early and ad free with Wondery Plus in Apple podcasts. Celebrity feuds are high stakes.

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