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The Grand Parade Of Desire

The Grand Parade Of Desire

The Daily Stoic for February 20th: “The grand parade of desire”. “Robbers, perverts, killers, and tyrants—gather for your inspection their so-called pleasures!” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 6.34 Talking about drugs, alcohol, and these kind of indulgences Marcus Aurelius refers to as “pleasures” is subject to certain social irony. On

The Banquet Of Life

The Banquet Of Life

The Daily Stoic for February 19th. “The banquet of life”: “Remember to conduct yourself in life as if at a banquet. As something being passed around comes to you, reach out your hand and take a moderate helping. Does it pass you by? Don’t stop it. It hasn’t

Life In Budapest For Digital Nomads

Life In Budapest For Digital Nomads

We plan on staying in Riga at least until this fall but, after that, we are considering two options for our next location: Budapest or Chiang Mai. Being two very different cities, we decided to visit both to make up our minds before the final decision. In this article, I

Prepare For The Storm

Prepare For The Storm

The Daily Stoic for February 18th: “Prepare for the storm”. “This is the true athlete—the person in rigorous training against false impressions. Remain firm, you who suffer, don’t be kidnapped by your impressions! The struggle is great, the task divine—to gain mastery, freedom, happiness, and tranquility.” —EPICTETUS,

The Enemy Of Happiness

The Enemy Of Happiness

The Daily Stoic for February 17th. “The enemy of happiness”. “It is quite impossible to unite happiness with a yearning for what we don’t have. Happiness has all that it wants, and resembling the well-fed, there shouldn’t be hunger or thirst.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.24.17 Someday… Recently,

Don't Make Things Harder Than They Need To Be

Don't Make Things Harder Than They Need To Be

The Daily Stoic for February 16th. “Don’t make things harder than they need to be”. “If someone asks you how to write your name, would you bark out each letter? And if they get angry, would you then return the anger? Wouldn’t you rather gently spell out each

Only Bad Dreams

Only Bad Dreams

The Daily Stoic for February the 15th, “Only bad dreams”. “Clear your mind and get a hold on yourself and, as when awakened from sleep and realizing it was only a bad dream upsetting you, wake up and see that what’s there is just like those dreams.” —MARCUS AURELIUS,