PASSAGE OF THE WEEK: Don't feel bad if that's what you need. Life can be a bit of a pressure cooker at times, and like an actual pressure cooker, you've got to hit the release valve every so often so that the whole thing doesn't explode in your face. You're only human. So be human—not just once, but all the time—and let yourself feel. Read: Are You Allowed to Cry?
YOUTUBE TAKEAWAY OF THE WEEK:  In a recent video on the Daily Stoic YouTube channel, Ryan Holiday shares the routines and time management strategies that Marcus Aurelius used to become the most powerful man in the world: "Marcus Aurelius attacks the dawn. He gets up, he gets after it, as I think most productive, successful people do. You start the day with a conscious choice — a choice to do the thing that isn't easy, but starts the day off right." Subscribe to Daily Stoic YouTube
PODCAST TAKEAWAY OF THE WEEK:  In a popular episode of The Daily Stoic Podcast, Ryan Holiday speaks with actor and racing driver Patrick Dempsey on the negative cycle of media consumption, how Stoicism helped him on the racetrack, and reading Meditations for the first time in Rome: "I was walking around and I said 'you know, I hear so much about this Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.' I'm here in Rome, and so I'm starting to read and I think 'Well, Stoics, you know, just don't feel anything, you're not supposed to allow any emotion.' And then suddenly, you're getting into it and you're like 'That's not it at all.' I totally misunderstood—I don't think a lot of people understand what Stoicism really is." Subscribe to Daily Stoic Podcast Listen ad-free with Wondery plus or on Amazon Music with your Prime membership.
WHAT RYAN HOLIDAY IS READING: | | " "To attain any kind of life in this universe of ours appears to be quite an achievement. As humans we are doubly lucky, of course: We enjoy not only the privilege of existence but also the singular ability to appreciate it and even, in a multitude of ways, to make it better. It is a talent we have only barely begun to grasp." |
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