The Present Moment Is All You’ve Got | A Little Better Every Day
The Daily Stoic
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🗓️ 25 January 2021
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
“There’s a lot going on in your life. Good for you. It’s a sign of success. It’s also a burden, a source of stress. You’ve got projects wrapping up. You’ve got projects starting soon. You’ve got a long to-do list, a lot to look forward to, a lot to worry about.”
Ryan discusses how concentrating on the moment you are in can help you overcome stress and anxiety, and reads this week’s meditation from The Daily Stoic Journal, on today’s Daily Stoic Podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, prime members. You can listen to the Daily Stoke podcast early and add free on Amazon music. Download the app today. |
| 0:12.4 | Welcome to the Daily Stoke podcast. Each day we bring you a meditation inspired by the ancient Stokes illustrated with stories from history, |
| 0:21.7 | current events and literature to help you be better at what you do and at the beginning of the week |
| 0:26.5 | we try to do a deeper dive setting a kind of stoic intention for the week something to meditate on something to think on |
| 0:33.6 | Something to leave you with to journal about whatever it is you happen to be doing |
| 0:38.0 | So let's get into it |
| 0:40.9 | Hey |
| 0:42.2 | The present moment is all you've got there's a lot going on in your life good for you |
| 0:46.9 | That's a sign of success. It's also a burden source of stress |
| 0:50.5 | You've got projects wrapping up you've got projects starting soon |
| 0:54.0 | You've got a long to-do list a lot to look forward to a lot to worry about |
| 0:58.2 | So as you feel yourself getting overwhelmed today pause for a second and think about Marcus Aurelius |
| 1:03.6 | Imagine all that he had going on being the Emperor and all |
| 1:06.8 | Imagine the plagues and the warfare that kept him far from home |
| 1:09.6 | Imagine the big family imagine the losses and the tragedies imagine all the people that wanted things from him |
| 1:15.6 | Imagine all the things he wanted to do |
| 1:18.2 | Then remember his advice to himself don't let your reflection on the whole sweep of life crush you |
| 1:24.8 | He said don't fill your mind with all the bad things that might still happen stay focused on the present situation |
| 1:31.0 | Seize the present he said concentrate on it like a Roman don't get distracted don't dwell on regret |
| 1:36.8 | Don't give into anxiety look at what is in front of you look at it with everything that you have |
| 1:42.7 | The present moment is the same for everyone he said no matter your job no matter how well or how terribly things have been going |
| 1:49.4 | The present is all anyone possesses to waste it to let it escape you to fritter it away with fear or frustration |
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