Your Saturday Stoic Review — Week of March 20 - 26

​ ​ ​ Looking to start a journaling practice but don't know where to begin? Our article on The Art of Journaling is a great place to start. You can also pick up the Daily Stoic Journal, and if you bundle it with the Leather Journal Cover ​you get 25% off both! PASSAGE OF THE WEEK: Philosophy is the essential, centering pursuit. It challenges us. It requires work and reflection and self-criticism. It requires that we hold ourselves to certain standards and that we hold ourselves to account when we fail to. It's the real work, not the busy work. Philosophy is what birthed you, raised you, and continues to re-make you as life goes on. Don't let some momentum in your other pursuits fool you into thinking you no longer need it. It's home. Make sure you're paying the proper respects. Make sure you're going back often, so that today's rhythm does not become tomorrow's rut. — Here's How To Get Out Of A Rut (Listen) YOUTUBE TAKEAWAY OF THE WEEK: In one of the most-watched videos on the Daily Stoic YouTube Channel, we give you 24 life-changing quotes from the slave-turned-teacher Epictetus. Despite never writing anything down, we have accounts of his teachings from his students, such as: "The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things." Watch the full video: 24 Life-Changing Quotes From Epictetus​ PODCAST TAKEAWAY OF THE WEEK: ​ In a recent episode of the Daily Stoic podcast, Ryan Holiday speaks with businessperson and marketing executive Bozoma Saint John about the power of Memento Mori, her new book The Urgent Life: My Story of My Story of Love, Loss, and Survival, losing her husband, urgently embracing life urgently, and how to control and balance emotions: "Grief is such a trick. It's about looking into the past. Grief gets you stuck there. You get stuck back there, thinking about the things that happened, that you liked, didn't like, the things you'd do over or avoid. That's what grief really is. Missing what you had and wishing for the do-over. It really is a big thief of your present. I've had enough grief to understand that you may be in some regret over what has happened. But that is not going to change anything about your present. It impacts it negatively because you are no longer paying attention to your future. And that is the biggest lesson I've learned about grief. You think you can get over it, but you're really bringing it with you." Listen to the full episode: Bozoma Saint John on the Power of Embracing Memento Mori​ WHAT RYAN HOLIDAY IS READING: "In time of trouble, I had been trained since childhood, read, learn, work it up, go to the literature. Information was control." — The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion YOUR STOIC WEEKEND REMINDER: Strict with yourself. Tolerant of others. Stoicism isn't about judging other people. It's not a moral philosophy you're supposed to project and enforce onto the world. No, it's a personal philosophy that's designed to direct your behavior. This is what Marcus Aurelius meant when he said: "Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself." Be open to the idea that people are going to be fools or jerks or unreliable or anything else. Let them be. That's their business. That's not inside your control. (For some Stoic keys to being brave….watch this video!) THIS WEEK'S BEST SOCIAL MEDIA POST: ​ EMAIL OF THE WEEK: ​There Is No Greatness Without This (Listen) ​Unsubscribe | Update your profile | 906 Main Street #274, Bastrop, Texas 78602 ​info@dailystoic.com is not a monitored email