This week, I am reading The Art of Living by one of the most essential names in Stoicism, Epictetus. He was born into slavery in present-day Pamukkale, Turkey. His name also means “acquired,” as he was a property under Roman law. As an enslaved person, his leg was tortured and broken by his owner, making… Continue reading
As an antidote to “time anxiety”… For the last couple of years, I’ve been experimenting with various time management techniques to “optimize” my time and, honestly, to do too many things at once. Among those techniques, I’ve mostly tried different versions of time blocking — where you block a time spot to do a specific… Continue reading
I didn’t have the chance to write much this week, so this will be a short post. Actually, I will steal a habit from Stoics to justify the length of this blog post. It’s a common Stoic practice to journal, meditate, reflect upon, and apply philosophical principles to real life. They believed that the repetition… Continue reading
Marcus Aurelius was the philosopher king of Rome during its prime times. He was the most powerful man in the world, yet we find from his private journals that he was practicing affection for others, forgiveness, and how to live his life in line with (Stoic) philosophies. In this sense, he is a rare figure… Continue reading
Recently, I came across a Tim Ferris blog titled “The Art of Letting Bad Things Happen (and Weapons of Mass Distraction).” Here, he talked about why we should let small bad things happen, such as missing out on business opportunities, emails that’ll make you anxious, and other non-trivial stuff for a regular person. As regular… Continue reading