The Daily Stoic - How To Have a Great Day. Every Day.

Episode Date: November 17, 2020

"A lot can happen to ruin your day. You could wake up to a freak storm, or roads gnarled with traffic. Your dog could throw up on the carpet. You could find out that the president called you out by name on Twitter. You could have the flu or food poisoning. You could just be tired. You could have a job you hate. You could get dumped… or dumped on. The potential nightmares are endless. It would be wonderful then if there was some way to counteract those looming difficulties, a pair of glasses you could put on that would change how you view anything and everything that could happen. Well, the good news is that there is and it comes to us—no surprise—from the Stoics."Ryan explains this secret on today's Daily Stoic Podcast.***If you enjoyed this week’s podcast, we’d love for you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps with our visibility, and the more people listen to the podcast, the more we can invest into it and make it even better.Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: http://DailyStoic.com/signupFollow Daily Stoic:Twitter: https://twitter.com/dailystoicInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/Facebook: http://facebook.com/dailystoicYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/dailystoicSee 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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For more, you can visit us at dailystoic.com. How to have a great day, every day. A lot can happen to ruin your day. You could wake up to a freak storm or roads, gnarled in traffic. Your dog could throw up on the carpet. You could find out that the president called you out by name on Twitter. You could have the flu or food poisoning or the coronavirus. You could just be tired. You could have a job.

You hate. You could get dumped or get dumped on. The potential nightmares are endless. It would be wonderful. Then if there was some way to counteract those looming difficulties, a pair of glasses that you could put on that would change how you view anything and everything that could happen. And the good news is there is such a lens and it comes to us no surprise from the Stoics. All you have to do, Senaka said is tell yourself that you're going to die in your sleep the night before. Tell yourself your life is over that you won't be around to see tomorrow. When

man has said, I have lived, Sena Karot, every morning he arises, he receives a bonus. Would you rather be stuck in traffic or dead forever? Would you rather be attacked by trolls or your corpse attacked by maggots? Would you rather be sick or stretched out on your literal deathbed, alive or not? Let's put this all in perspective. Let's see today as a bonus, as the borrowed time that each of us is actually living on. You have lived and you still get today, don't waste it. And of course, this is what that idea of Memento Mori is. It's why I carry the Memento Mori challenge

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