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Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

Someone Else Is Spinning The Thread

Someone Else Is Spinning The Thread

The Daily Stoic for November 6th, “Someone Else Is Spinning The Thread” (Picture courtesy of Sam Lehman). “If the breaking day sees someone proud, The ending day sees them brought low. No one should put too much trust in triumph, No one should give up hope of trials improving. Clotho

A Higher Power

A Higher Power

The Daily Stoic for November 5th, “A Higher Power”. “This is the very thing which makes up the virtue of the happy person and a well-flowing life—when the affairs of life are in every way tuned to the harmony between the individual divine spirit and the will of the

Not Good, Nor Bad

Not Good, Nor Bad

The Daily Stoic for November 4th, “Not Good, Nor Bad”. “There is no evil in things changing, just as there is no good in persisting in a new state.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 4.42 The other day, I mentioned how signing in to Facebook to ask for permission for using

Following The Doctor's Orders

Following The Doctor's Orders

The Daily Stoic for November 3rd, “Following The Doctor’s Orders”. Just as we commonly hear people say the doctor prescribed someone particular riding exercises, or ice baths, or walking without shoes, we should in the same way say that nature prescribed someone to be diseased, or disabled, or to

How To Deal With Stress As A Micropreneur

How To Deal With Stress As A Micropreneur

Stress is a serious business. Recently, I was hospitalized in Riga for almost a week with a severe infection. The doctors told me that one of the main causes of my illness was stress. So how do you get rid of anxiety? While being completely stress-free is almost impossible for

Binding Our Wishes To What Will Be

Binding Our Wishes To What Will Be

The Daily Stoic for November 2nd, “Binding Our Wishes To What Will Be”. But I haven’t at any time been hindered in my will, nor forced against it. And how is this possible? I have bound up my choice to act with the will of God. God wills that

Accepting What Is

Accepting What Is

The Daily Stoic for November 1st, “Accepting What Is”. Don’t seek for everything to happen as you wish it would, but rather wish that everything happens as it actually will—then your life will flow well. —EPICTETUS, ENCHIRIDION, 8 One of the basic premises of Stoicism is what the