Stoicism

Stoicism
Between stimulus and response there is space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom
– Viktor Frankl
I am likely the worst stoic ever. Despite my incompetency and inability to stay on the ‘straight and narrow’ Stoicism remains a highly aspirational operating system that I (one day) hope to achieve some level of proficiency in (I don’t even aim for mastery anymore). It is probably a good thing that my life is soft, coddled and hardship free… otherwise I would probably be in trouble.
Abdication of responsibility
While I endeavored to keep this broadly about Stoicism, I often get sidetracked by all manner of other philosophies. And so, because I am lazy, instead of getting their own category I dumped them in here and then quickly closed the door.
Stoic-esque posts
Nature –
Christmas letter from Iwo Jima –
On death –
Anonymity and the power of celebrity –
‘Good‘ –
Why I can’t have nice things –
Making the case for the commute –
Regrets –
The first cut is the deepest –
Precipitation and other things that will get you wet –
Popcorn –
Deathbox –