The Daily Stoic - Wake Up, You’re Fever Dreaming

Episode Date: January 19, 2021

“You want it. You want it badly. The promotion. To win that higher office. To get called up. To buy that house. To sleep with that person. To have just one free punch at you-know-who. You want it more than anything and, by god, you’re going to get it. You’re working. You’re scheming. You’re… obsessed. Honestly, what you’re in is a fever dream—a delusion of drive and lust and want. ”Ryan explains the cost of striving for pleasure, and how it will crumble before your eyes, 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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Wake up, your fever dreaming. You want it. You want it badly. The promotion to win that higher office, to get called up, to buy that house, to sleep with that person, to have just one free punch at you know who. You want it more than anything, and by God, you are going to get it. You're working. You're schem who. You want it more than anything and by God you're going to get it. You're working, you're scheming, you're obsessed. Honestly, what you're in is a fever dream, a delusion of drive and lust and want. Epicurus, Senaqa's old favorite, had a way of shaking us

out of that sleep. What will it actually be like to get what you want? He asked, how will you feel after? He wanted you to think of the refractory period, the guilt after, not just a few seconds of pleasure. He wanted you to think about all the other times you climbed this mountain or that one and how anticlimactic it was. He wanted you to talk and think about other people who have done what you think is going to be so wonderful and really listen to their experiences. Because what you find, as the Stoics did when they looked at many drives and pleasures rationally, is that like the facts of a dream, it doesn't all add up. It's an illusion. It's based on false assumptions

that crumble as soon as you open your eyes. So wake up. Hey, it's Ryan. Thanks so much for listening. If you could leave a review for the podcast, we'd really appreciate it. The reviews make a difference and of course every nice review from a nice person helps balance out. The crazy people who get triggered and angry anytime we say something they disagree with. So if you could rate this podcast and leave a review on iTunes, that would mean so much to us and it would really help the show. We appreciate it. I'll see you next episode. Hey, Prime Members.

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