Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

The Daily Stoic for June 22nd. “The Definition Of Insanity”. “If you are defeated once and tell yourself you will overcome, but carry on as before, know in the end you’ll be so ill and weakened that eventually you won’t even notice your mistake and will begin to

The Daily Stoic for June 21st. “Take A Walk”. “We should take wandering outdoor walks, so that the mind might be nourished and refreshed by the open air and deep breathing.” —SENECA, ON TRANQUILITY OF MIND, 17.8 I cannot agree more with today’s stoic excerpt. Taking walks is

The Daily Stoic for June 20th. “Calm Is Contagious”. “If then it’s not that the things you pursue or avoid are coming at you, but rather that you in a sense are seeking them out, at least try to keep your judgment of them steady, and they too will

The Daily Stoic for June 19th, “Stay Focused On The Present”. “Don’t let your reflection on the whole sweep of life crush you. Don’t fill your mind with all the bad things that might still happen. Stay focused on the present situation and ask yourself why it’s

The Daily Stoic for June 18th. “Prepared and active”. “Let Fate find us prepared and active. Here is the great soul—the one who surrenders to Fate. The opposite is the weak and degenerate one, who struggles with and has a poor regard for the order of the world, and