The Daily Stoic - Why They Do This

Episode Date: December 31, 2023

They come from all over the world. They have little in common. And, for some reason, instead of beginning the New Year by making resolutions, they begin by taking on a set of actionable challenges. Some of the challenges are physical. Some are mentally challenging. Some spur them to practically investigate and overcome internal adversities. Others have them take on external adversities out in the real world. Some of the challenges are completed in a single day and others over the course of the year.Every morning, the email arrives in your inbox, and it presents you with an opportunity to prove who is in charge. To do the harder thing. To take on the challenge. To not follow the drift of least resistance. To get in the habit of choosing the more difficult option.This is your last chance to start 2024 with the habit of showing yourself who is in charge. Sign up for the New Year New You Challenge TODAY!✉️ 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.

Welcome to the weekend edition of the Daily Stoic. Each weekday we bring you a meditation inspired by the ancient Stoics, something to help you live up to those four Stoic virtues of courage, justice, temperance and wisdom. And then here on the weekend we take a deeper dive into those same topics. We interview stoic philosophers, we explore at length how these stoic ideas can be applied to our actual lives and the challenging issues of our time. Here on the weekend when you have a little bit more space when things have slowed down, be sure to take some time to think, to go for a walk, to sit with your journal, and most importantly, to prepare for what the week ahead may bring.

Why they do this? They come from all over the world. They have little and common, and for some reason, instead of beginning the new year by making vague resolutions, they begin by taking on a set of actionable challenges. Some of the challenges are physical, some are mentally challenging, some spur them to practically investigate and overcome internal adversities. Others make them take on external adversity out in the real world. Some of the challenges are completed in a single day and others over the course of the year. But in each and every case, these challenges present a choice between, as we've said,

doing the less difficult thing or the more difficult thing. And these people choose the latter. They choose the tougher sparring partner, as Epictetus say. But why would they do this to themselves? Well, it's because they know that what Sena Kaseta is true, that the only people to pity are those who haven't experienced difficulty because they don't know what they're capable of. What I'm talking about is the thousands of stoics of the last five years, all over the world, have come together and joined us in the daily stoic, New Year, New Year Challenge, 21 actionable challenges presented one per day, built around the best, most timeless wisdom in stoic philosophy. I'll give you some testimonials. Guy name Eric said it was the best investment he'd made for himself the last year.

Daniel said that the challenge was awesome and he really loved the interaction with the group. It was the overwhelming support that he said was amazing. Mark said that he loved the fact that the daily challenges engage not only in your mind, but your body and spirit. Jessica said she loved the course. She was gonna be sad when it ended. She She said me Ryan was doing an amazing job. So thanks, Jessica. She clad it was worth the money. As she said, and Sean says he still has the challenge hanging

on his fridge. It's a daily reminder of simple relevant tasks to help keep this alive and his life. Shannon said she loves the challenge, picks her question every move she makes, and Mary said that she kicked off an avalanche of change through the Daily Stoke Challenge. It was a unique experience, and she said it saved her a ton of money that would have gone to a shrink. So, I love that. And look, that's the idea. Every morning, for the first 21 days of the year, this email arrives in your inbox, it

presents you an opportunity to prove who's in charge, to do the harder thing, to take on the challenge, to not follow the path of least resistance, and to get in the habit of choosing the more difficult option. I love that. It's why I do the Daily Stoke Challenge every year, and I'd love you to join us. There's just a couple days left to sign up. You can start 2024 with the habit of showing yourself who's in charge. You can do that by signing up right now for the Daily Stoke. New year, new year challenge at DailyStoke.com slash challenge.

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