Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast, where each day we read a passage of ancient wisdom

designed to help you in your everyday life.

On Tuesdays, we take a closer look at these stoic ideas, how we can apply them in our actual

lives.

Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoy.

A person without boundaries is not a person.

It's clear when you read about Cato and Marcus Aurelius that these were men of great

reserr, Antoninus II, they were friendly and kind, of course, and to people who knew

them well, there was frivolity and fun, but they kept something back from strangers.

They were self-contained.

This was a rare thing in Rome, and it's a rare thing today.

We are surrounded by oversharers and gossip mongers.

People celebrate being hot messes, not just getting up in your business, but getting you

up in theirs.

We have busy bodies and energy vampires, trolls, and toxic narcissists.

Nobody thinks before they say things, nobody holds back.

Social media has created the nepotemic of poor boundaries, which in turn has created a

culture full of people with poor self-image, low self-esteem, and very little sense for

where other people end, and they begin.

The advent of a new year, I think, is a perfect time to commit to having better boundaries

in your life.

Boundaries between work and your personal life, boundaries between you and people in your

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