No One Has The Time For This |14 Choices A Stoic Should Make Every Day
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🗓️ 10 October 2023
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
“What would you do if you found out you were diagnosed with a terminal illness?”
We’ve all mulled this hypothetical question over at one point or another. Then we go back to our normal lives as if life wasn’t, in fact, terminal for every person ever born, as if we have a lot more time. We treat it as a thought exercise, a philosophical conversation starter and not much more.
The Stoics tried to resist that complacency. “You were probably thinking I was going to open this letter with idle chit chat about the weather,” Seneca begins one of his letters, “but I’m not, because who has the time?” “Not to live as if you had endless years ahead of you,” Marcus Aurelius said. “Death overshadows you.”
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And in today's Daily Stoic video excerpt, Ryan shares his thoughts on 14 Stoic choices. If we consistently make good choices then all will be well. Ryan outline's some of the best Stoic choices that you should make every day.
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| 0:00.0 | What do I do? What do I do? What do I say? |
| 0:03.3 | What do I say? In the Macmillan online community we know what it's like to have cancer |
| 0:09.9 | because we have it too. So, whatever you're thinking, whatever you're feeling, |
| 0:16.2 | whatever you need to ask about cancer, whatever the time of day or night will do |
| 0:23.0 | whatever it takes to help you. To join us, search Macmillan online community. |
| 0:30.3 | Emily, do you remember when one direction called it a day? |
| 0:33.0 | I think you'll find there are still many people who can't talk about it. |
| 0:36.7 | Well luckily, we can. A lot because our new season of terribly famous is all about the first |
| 0:42.5 | one directioner to go it alone. Zayn Malik. We'll take you on Zayn's journey from Shilad from |
| 0:47.9 | Bradford to being in the world's biggest boy band and explore why, when he reached the top, |
| 0:53.1 | he decided to walk away. Follow terribly famous wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:00.9 | Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast, where each day we read a passage of ancient wisdom designed |
| 1:08.6 | to help you in your everyday life. On Tuesdays, we take a closer look at these Stoic ideas, |
| 1:14.7 | how we can apply them in our actual lives. Thanks for listening, and I hope you enjoy. |
| 1:20.3 | What would you do if you found out you were diagnosed with the terminal illness? |
| 1:33.3 | We've all molded this hypothetical question over at one point or another, and then we go back |
| 1:38.2 | to our normal lives as if life wasn't in fact terminal for every person ever born |
| 1:43.9 | as if we have a lot more time. We treated as a thought exercise, a philosophical |
| 1:48.5 | conversation starter, and not much more. Well, the Stoics tried to resist that complacency. |
| 1:55.6 | You were probably thinking I was not going to open this letter with idle chit chat about the weather, |
| 2:00.8 | Santa Cabequins, one of his letters, but I'm not, because who has the time? Not to live as if you |
| 2:07.9 | had endless years ahead of you, Marcus Aurelia said, death overshadows you. Jake Seliger has a terminal |
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