A New You For a New Year

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1:44Welcome to the weekend edition of The Daily Stoic. Each weekday, we bring you a meditation inspired by the ancient Stoics, something to help you live up to those four Stoic virtues of courage, justice, temperance, and wisdom. And then here on the weekend, we take a deeper dive into those same topics. We interview Stoic philosophers. We explore at length how these Stoic ideas can be applied to our actual lives and the challenging issues of our time. Here on the weekend, when you have a little bit more space when things have slowed down. Be sure to take some time to think, to go for a walk, to sit with your journal, and most importantly, to prepare for what the week ahead may bring.

2:34A new you for a new year. It's kind of crazy to think about how recent December 2019 feels. Not that long ago, it seems like we were getting ready for what a new decade might bring us. And it's even crazier when the truth settles in that 2019 was four years ago. We're almost halfway into that new decade. So much has changed. So much has happened. But at the same time, so little has changed. We're still struggling with the same things. The aspirations we had back in 2019, this is the year we were going to turn over a new leaf, lose weight, start the big project, learn a new language, work on our temper.

3:09It's still there. That potential is still waiting to be realized. To that end, the great Stoic Epictetus has the perfect question for us. How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself? How much time are we going to let escape us? Hopefully not much longer. The main thing is that we stop expecting this to simply happen. In one of the best passages in Mark Aurelius' meditations, Mark Aurelius tells himself to stop hoping and be his own savior while he can. And it's great advice. It's the advice to follow here as we stand on the precipice of a new year, 2024. And it's the advice at the core of the Daily Stoic New Year, New You Challenge.

3:5021 actionable challenges presented, one per day, built around the best, most timeless wisdom in Stoic philosophy. And it's the idea, it's going to help you take control and make 2024 your best year yet. Every year, this year right in front of you can be the best year of your life. That's what the Stoics would say. the one where you become your best, your most creative, your most centered, your most resilient, your most self-reliant self. But you have to be willing to step into difficulty because like lifting weights, growth can't happen without some resistance. The Daily Soak New Year New Year Challenge, there's so much new stuff in there.

4:21I think you're going to love it. I'm looking forward to it. I get better doing it every year. And I want you to kick off this year by seeking out some challenges. That's what I'm going to do. and I hope we can do it together. Don't wait any longer. Sign up right now, dailystoic.com slash challenge. Also, you know, if you're thinking about doing Daily Stoic Life where you get all the courses for free, this is a good time to do that too. Plus you get a bunch of other awesome stuff to really get into stoicism in the new year. It's something you can do with friends, family, co-workers, whatever. I'd love to have you join us.

4:53Join me specifically because I'm going to be doing it alongside all of you. Dailystoic.com slash challenge. I'll see you there. It starts on January 1st, so stop putting it off.

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