Now Is The Time

0:00Shopping at Whole Foods is one of the things I do in our family like the grocery shopping is my job so I was glad to be able to do that even on vacation. And then, you know, being here in Hawaii, it was the same Whole Foods experience we're thinking about, but then also a bunch of regional stuff, too, that they only have at this Whole Foods. We love shopping at Whole Foods because there's always new flavors and foods to choose from whichever Whole Foods you are like, whichever Whole Foods you happen to be at. So save on regional flavors at Whole Foods Market, and maybe I'll see you at the Whole Foods in Austin sometime.

0:35Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast. designed to help bring those four key stoic virtues, courage, discipline, justice, and wisdom into the real world.

0:49Now is the time. It was a long winter. There was that ice storm. There was that week of sub-zero wind chill. There were those days where you were tired of being stuck inside, those nights where it got dark so early. It has felt like that song goes like a lot of Monday mornings in an endless February. So naturally, you were not at your best. You were a little depressed. You were tired. You had a hard time getting momentum. You were jarred, as Mark Cirilli said, by circumstances outside your control. But now, now you can feel some things in the air. It's those early signs of spring, a little warmth, a little green, a little sunlight.

1:32Right? It's wonderful. So don't waste it. Take this as a sign. Use it as a chance to finish that Marcus Aurelius quote, to revert back to yourself, to grab the rhythm again, to clean up your act, to get after it. Now is the time. And by the way, that's what we built the 2026 Daily Stoic Spring Forward Challenge all around, right? We did the New Year, New You Challenge in the first couple weeks of January to kick the year off, right? And then what happens, right? Life intervenes. 2026 has already thrown so much at us. Political instability, financial turbulence, AI uncertainties, global tension, just a lot, right?

2:13And the 2026 Daily Stoic Spring Forward Challenge is there to help you reset, renew, and refocus on what you can do to improve yourself and your life, and I think also the world around you. It's got a bunch of awesome stuff in there. There's some practical tools, I promise. You can clear your space and your mind. You can create better systems. You can accomplish what you've been putting off. You can focus on what's important. You can abandon the stuff that's draining you and reclaim your very valuable time. As I said, it's one actionable Stoic challenge every single day. I'm going to be doing it in there with you.

2:46Thousands of Stoics all over the world. We're going to do some Q &A slash meetups about it. And by the way, we have a special discount for podcast listeners. This year, we're offering 20 % off the Spring Forward Challenge when you use code DSPOD20 at checkout. I love that you're listening. I appreciate that you're listening. I spend a lot of time recording these, so it means a lot to me that you're listening. and that's why we're throwing you this extra 20 % off discount. You can join me and thousands of other Stoics in the Daily Stoic Spring Forward Challenge. Just head over to dailystoic.com slash spring and enter code DSPOD20 to get 20 % off.