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Welcome to the Daily Stoic podcast where each day we read a passage of ancient wisdom designed to help you in your everyday life.

Well, on Thursdays, we not only read the daily meditation, but we answer some questions from listeners and fellow Stoics.

We're trying to apply this philosophy just as you are.

Some of these come from my talks.

Some of these come from Zoom sessions that we do with Daily Stoic Life members or as part of the challenges.

Some of them are from interactions I have on the street when there happen to be someone there recording.

But thank you for listening and we hope this is of use to you.

Here's a good way to feel good every single day, no matter what happens.

A way to appreciate a day stuck in the airport or putting out fires.

It's an exercise from Senekap.

He said that a person who wraps up each day as if it was the end of their life,

who meditates on their mortality in the evening, has a superpower when they wake up.

When a man has said, I have lived, Senekap wrote, then every morning he arises as a bonus.

And you know how it feels when you're playing with house money or when your vacation is extended in a word better.

You feel lighter, nicer, you appreciate everything, you are present.

All the trivial concerns and short-term anxieties go away because for a second, you realize how little they matter.

Well, that's how you ought to live.

Going to bed, having lived a full day, appreciating that you may not make it.

Appreciating that you may not get the privilege of waking up tomorrow.

And if you do wake up, which we hope for all of you,

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