The Daily Stoic - This Is What Is Making You So Stressed
Episode Date: July 17, 2024Falling short today does not have to mean that everything is falling apart. Stop torturing yourself! Be present. Focus primarily on what is front of you.💡 Slay Your Stress: A Daily Stoic 2...0 Day Challenge | dailystoic.com/stress🎟 Ryan Holiday is going on tour! Grab tickets at ryanholiday.net/tour✉️ Want Stoic wisdom delivered to your inbox daily? Sign up for the FREE Daily Stoic email at https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail🏛 Get Stoic inspired books, medallions, and prints to remember these lessons at the Daily Stoic Store: https://store.dailystoic.com/📱 Follow us: Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, and 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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This is what's making you so stressed. Being a human and stress seem to just go together.
Anxiety and concern, they follow too.
There's always something we're worried about.
If we didn't perform well on this presentation, it could mean we won't get the promotion.
You felt a little tired yesterday and this morning you have a cough.
Is this something serious?
Oh no, we can't afford to get sick right now.
We're juggling multiple responsibilities.
We're making sure we take care of our physical
and mental health.
We're struggling to achieve all of our goals.
We have bills to pay and mouths to feed.
We are sensitive to the slightest changes
in our environment.
We are nervous about the slightest clouds on the horizon.
It's a modern affliction,
but it's also always been this way.
Not that it has to be.
I see that my child is ill, that's what I see,
but I don't want to see that he's in any danger," Marcus Relius writes in Meditations.
He was talking about stopping that very human, very natural extrapolation that we all do.
And extrapolation is a nice word here because more often than not, it's better described as
catastrophizing. His advice to himself as a leader, as's better described as catastrophizing.
His advice to himself as a leader, as a parent,
as a philosopher was to stick with the first impression,
adding no commentary of your own from within.
Meaning the cough can just be a cough,
the subpar presentation can just be a single data point.
Falling short today, it does not have to mean
that everything is falling apart. Stop torturing yourself.
Be present.
Focus primarily on what is in front of you.
Resist the impulse to add judgment or speculation
on top of what you are dealing with.
Dealing with it alone is sufficient.
You'll do better and be less stressed.
Stress is something you have to slay.
It's this demon that's both inside and outside you, right?
And I think it's the perpetual timeless battle
of humanity and of the Stoics.
It's one of the things we built,
the Daily Stoic Slay Your Stress Challenge.
If you're someone who's struggling with stress,
with anxiety, with overwhelming emotions,
the Stoics have lots to teach you.
And of course, if you are looking to slay your stress,
you can check out the Daily Stoic Slay Your Stress Challenge.
It's an actionable 14-day challenge
designed to help you reclaim your life
from the negative effects of stress and anxiety.
We've designed this course to help you reclaim your life.
We lay out the most actionable ways
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backed by thousands of years of research and practice, particularly the insights from someone as wise and impressive as Seneca.
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