[Practical Stoicism #18] Learn to see things clearly
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Hi! How are your New Year's resolutions holding up? Today is blue Monday for a reason; people realize they've not stuck to their goals, so they become depressed. Goal setting is important in Stoicism. As Stoics, we work to limit our focus to only the things we can control. Everything that is outside our power should be left alone. This limiting of our focus is not always easy, as our automatic impulse is to change things we don't like.
[Practical Stoicism #18] Learn to see things clearly
[Practical Stoicism #18] Learn to see things…
[Practical Stoicism #18] Learn to see things clearly
Hi! How are your New Year's resolutions holding up? Today is blue Monday for a reason; people realize they've not stuck to their goals, so they become depressed. Goal setting is important in Stoicism. As Stoics, we work to limit our focus to only the things we can control. Everything that is outside our power should be left alone. This limiting of our focus is not always easy, as our automatic impulse is to change things we don't like.