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Ignacio Nieto Carvajal

Seven Clear Functions of the Mind

Seven Clear Functions of the Mind

Today’s Daily Stoic, enumerates the seven clear functions of the mind. The proper work of the mind is the exercise of choice, refusal, yearning, repulsion, preparation, purpose, and assent. What then can pollute and clog the mind’s proper functioning? Nothing but its own corrupt decisions.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 4.

Who Are You?

Who Are You?

“How often are we asked a simple question like “Who are you?” or “What do you do?” or “Where are you from?” Considering it a superficial question—if we even consider it at all—we don’t bother with more than a superficial answer. — The Daily Stoic. Ryan Holiday “Who

You Are Never Too Old To Change Your Life

You Are Never Too Old To Change Your Life

Today I turned 38 years old. Happy birthday Ignacio! . Some days ago I received an email from someone who was considering becoming a digital nomad, but thought was too old for quitting her corporate job to travel the world, working remotely. She is just 31. In this post, I want

Clarify Your Intentions

Clarify Your Intentions

Today’s daily stoic is actually a pretty interesting one for entrepreneurs, freelancers and digital nomads alike: clarify your intentions. Let all your efforts be directed to something, let it keep that end in view. It’s not activity that disturbs people, but false conceptions of things that drive them

The Big Three

The Big Three

The Daily Stoic for today: Perception. Action. Will. The big three concepts of Stoicism. “All you need are these: certainty of judgment in the present moment; action for the common good in the present moment; and an attitude of gratitude in the present moment for anything that comes your way.

Be Ruthless To The Things That Don't Matter

Be Ruthless To The Things That Don't Matter

“One of the hardest things to do in life is to say “No.” To invitations, to requests, to obligations, to the stuff that everyone else is doing. Even harder is saying no to certain time-consuming emotions: anger, excitement, distraction, obsession, lust.” — Ryan Holiday. “The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations for Clarity,

Education is Freedom

Education is Freedom

We should not trust the masses who say only the free can be educated, but rather the lovers of wisdom who say that only the educated are free — EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.1.21–23a I cannot agree more with today’s Daily Stoic Meditation: Education is Freedom. I think we