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Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

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,

Think Before You Act

Think Before You Act

The Daily Stoic for February 14th, “Think before you act”: “For to be wise is only one thing—to fix our attention on our intelligence, which guides all things everywhere.” —HERACLITUS, QUOTED IN DIOGENES LAERTIUS, LIVES OF THE EMINENT PHILOSOPHERS, 9.1 Think before you act. I don’t think

Towards Deep Work: Becoming Unreachable

Towards Deep Work: Becoming Unreachable

While being in a distracting environment may be ok if you are working on shallow tasks, finding a quiet spot and becoming unreachable is necessary if we need to do some deep work. In order to do that, first, we need to find a space where we can work uninterruptedly

Pleasure Can Become Punishment

Pleasure Can Become Punishment

The Daily Stoic for today, February the 13rd: “Pleasure can become punishment”. “Whenever you get an impression of some pleasure, as with any impression, guard yourself from being carried away by it, let it await your action, give yourself a pause. After that, bring to mind both times, first when