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Embodying Stoicism: Week 7 of My Daily Stoic Practice

Embodying Stoicism I’m seven weeks into my Daily Stoic journal practice, and something shifted this week. I’m not just reading about Stoic philosophy anymore. I’m not just understanding the concepts. I think I’m actually embodying them now. I’ve grown with more acceptance. That might not …

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Going With the Flow While Doing the Work: Week 6 Reflections

Going With the Flow While Doing the Work Six weeks into my Daily Stoic journal practice, and I finally understand what the ancient philosophers have been trying to tell me: the universe is constant change, and my job is to flow with it while doing …

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Week 5: It Just Is

IT JUST IS Five weeks into this Daily Stoic practice, and I finally said out loud what I’ve been avoiding: I feel lonely. Not in the “I need more friends” way. In the “nobody gets what I’m trying to do” way. I’m grinding on the …

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Week 4: Isolation In Personal Growth

Week 4: The Island Nobody Talks About (Isolation in Personal Growth) I’ve been lying to myself. Not about the work. I’m showing up—daily journal practice, early morning workouts, building the business, trying to be better for my son. The discipline is there. The effort is …

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Week 3: Make Honesty Your Only Policy – Internal Standards Over External Recognition

Raise Your Internal Standards Three weeks of putting stoic principles in action and something fundamental shifted this week. I finished 75 Hard Phase 1 on Friday. 75 days of two workouts, strict nutrition, a gallon of water, 10 pages of reading, progress photo. Done. Most …

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Week 2: Practice Love – 7 More Days of Stoic Parenting Practice

7 More Days of Stoic Parenting Practice Two weeks into daily stoic practice and something shifted this week. Week 1 was about foundations – patience, wisdom, interconnectedness, choosing words carefully. Building the framework for how I want to show up in the world. Week 2 …

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First 7 Days of Stoicism in October

I’ve been doing the Daily Stoic journal for over a year now. But if I’m honest? It was surface level. Read the passage, write a quick answer, move on. Check the box. It felt like a chore more than actual growth. Then something shifted this …

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