Philip’s Reviews > The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living > Status Update

12 January

Expel everything outside your control, that is the path of happiness

11 January

If you try to avoid all distractions, anger and disruptions by avoiding people and events, you will fail. But if instead you seek to get bothered by people and events and thus gain serenity, you'll be calm wherever you are.

10 January

Bad judgement leads to everything else to be bad. If you want clarity and steadiness, proper judgement is the way.

8 January

Give up your addictions. What often starts as a routine or as a treat can easily become an addiction you cannot do without. The morning coffee, checking your phone, or alcohol or other drugs. Addiction happens when we Lose the Ability to Abstain.

7 January

The mind exists to make us accept what we don't control, and control the rest. Reject the harmful and embrace the good.

6 January

Who are you? Where are you? What do you stand for? Why are you here? We are often asked these questions and we don't even think twice and give a superficial answer right away. Today, really ponder these questions and think if what you're doing contributes or takes away from it.

5 January

Always have an end goal in mind, not because you will definitely get there, but because without a goal you cannot even know if you're on the right path or not.

4 January


Control your perceptions
Direct your actions properly
Willingly accept what's outside your control

That's all we need to do.

3 January

Learn to say 'No'. The more you say no to the things you don't want or that are not good for you, the more you can say yes to all that you want and that's good for you.

2 January

Do not listen to free men who say education is only for those free men. No. Listen to the wise men who say only those educated are free. We learn to learn how to live, remember that when you don't feel like doing it.