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Start small … on something big. Eliminate one problem. Move things one iota. Write one sentence. Send one letter. Make a spark. We can figure out what’s next after that. Your headlights illuminate just a few feet of the dark road in front of you, and yet that is enough for you to move forward and make continual progress.
Ryan Holiday, Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave Â
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“In every situation, life is asking us a question, and our actions are the answer.”
Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is The Way
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EGO TRAPS
If you think it is more "spiritual" to ride a bike to work or use public transportation,
but then find yourself judging anyone who drives a car, you're in an ego trap.
If you think it is more "spiritual" to stop watching, television because it rots your brain,
but then find yourself judging those who still watch TV, you're in an ego trap.
If you think it is more "spiritual" to avoid reading gossip, tabloid or news magazines,
but then find yourself judging those who do read those things, you're in an ego trap.
If you think it is more "spiritual” to listen to classical music or soothing nature sounds,
but then find yourself judging those who listen to mainstream or pop music, you're in an ego trap.
If you think it is more "spiritual" to do yoga, become a vegan, buy organic, buy healing crystals, practice reiki, meditate, wear hippie/thrift shop clothing, visit ashrams and read enlightened spiritual books,
but then you judge anyone who doesn't do those things, you're in an ego trap.
Always be aware of the feeling of superiority. Self-righteous superiority is your biggest clue that you are in an ego trap.
The ego loves to sneak in the back door. It will take a noble idea, like starting up yoga, and then twist it to serve its own ends by making you feel superior to others; you will start to look down on those who are not following your righteous "spiritual" path.
Superiority, judgment and condemnation. That is the Ego Trap.
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To Be Or To Do?
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Seneca reminded himself that death is not this thing in the future, but something that is happening now. It is always happening. It is the ticking hand of the clock. It is the spring flowers. It is the fall harvest. It is the summer rains. It is the first snow of the year.
This idea is a reminder that each moment is precious. It tells us to wake up and really live, not just watch time go by.
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2023 SEPTEMBER 19 Tuesday
"We cannot take the present moment for granted. Because the future that lies before us is uncertain. Life itself is uncertain. Live accordingly–or rather, as Seneca said, live immediately."
~ Ryan Holiday, Daily Stoic Newsletter
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Life is better in the museum café
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“It doesn’t matter who or how many come at you, you have to be you. Confidently. Authentically. Bravely.”
—Ryan Holiday, Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favours the Brave
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Woke up at 8AM
Breakfast at 9
Played sims for 40 mins
10:15 -> 10:45 reading A Dance with Dragons
Had breakfast + a cup of coffee + slice of cake
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No rule is perfect, but this one works: Our fears point us, like a self-indicting arrow, in the direction of the right thing to do. One part of us knows what we ought to do, but the other part reminds us of the inevitable consequences. Fear alerts us to danger, but also to opportunity. If it wasn’t scary, everyone would do it. If it was easy, there wouldn’t be any growth in it. That tinge of self-preservation is the pinging of the metal detector going off. We may have found something. Will we ignore it? Or will we dig? [...] If fear is to be a driving force in your life, fear what you’ll miss. Fear what happens if you don’t act. Fear what they’ll think of you down the road, for having dared so little. Think of what you’re leaving on the table. Think of the terrifying costs of playing small.
Ryan Holiday, Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave
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“Focus on the moment, not the monsters that may or may not be up ahead.”
Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is The Way
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If you want to gain more insight, then be humble enough to ask questions. ~
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Creo que si algo nos caracteriza a quienes vivimos en Tumblr es la bĂşsqueda: de sentido, identidad, empatĂa, significado, comprensiĂłn...
Buscamos sin poder encontrarnos.
Acabo de terminar este libro, de los más significativos en mi vida.
Hace dos años comencĂ© a escuchar el podcast "El Estoico", de Pepe GarcĂa, y me diĂł un esquema bastante sencillo y accesible sobre el estoicismo, pero poco a poco Pepe comenzĂł a convertirse paradĂłjicamente en un mero producto.
LeĂ a Epicteto, a Marco Aurelio y a SĂ©neca.
Obviamente Ryan Holiday me guiñó el ojo, pero bastĂł con ver los precios de sus libros y leer un poco de su biografĂa para saber que utilizaba el estoicismo como si fuera una marca.
Inevitablemente, llegué a Massimo Pigliucci, escuchaba su podcast, entrevistas, conferencias, etc. En casa me bromeaban porque todo el tiempo estaba escuchándolo o viendo su videos, me encantaba. Comencé a leer "Cómo ser un Estoico" pero algo me incomodaba, con el tiempo comprendà que aunque no se tratara de un libro de superación personal, también era un texto regurgitado.
Hasta que lleguĂ© a William Irvine. Éste es un libro sustancioso, con fundamentos filosĂłficos, un esquema lĂłgico plagado de referencias, pero dirigido a lxs no filĂłsofxs, aquellxs que buscamos una filosofĂa de vida alejada de la religiĂłn y la mĂstica. Y fue aquĂ donde me encontrĂ©. Se los recomiendo de todo corazĂłn.
Medito y practico mindfulness desde el 2020, un año después comencé a interesarme en el estoicismo e intentar aplicarlo intermitentemente, pero fue apenas hace unos meses que lo tomé en serio y finalmente estoy comenzando a experimentar una vida plena y serena.
En mi juventud, me apodaban Daria y yo me sentĂa orgullosa, pensaba que se trataba de una personalidad excepcional, una chica inteligente, distinta a las masas. Pero ÂżquĂ© sentido tiene ser inteligente e infeliz? Eso no es una virtud, es una reverenda estupidez.
VivĂ deprimida desde mi infancia. DespuĂ©s de una inmensa travesĂa, por fin, a los 30 años comencĂ© un tratamiento psiquiátrico, posteriormente me diagnosticaron TLP y TDAH. En unos años logrĂ© salir de la depresiĂłn, aunque su esencia ya era parte de mĂ. ProbĂ© con la terapia psicolĂłgica en varias ocasiones y hoy sĂ© que nunca más lo volverĂa a hacer.
Soy alcohĂłlica, fumĂ© mota durante distintos periodos de mi vida, la Ayahuasca me hizo ojitos, me obsesionĂ© con el erotismo, probĂ© con el tarot y la astrologĂa, pero nada me complacĂa.
En mi insaciabilidad, llegué al punto de abandonar a mi familia, me arriesgué y lo perdà todo, me quedé sin hogar, sin sustento y aún sin motivos para vivir.
Pero el estoicismo me ha cambiado, hoy amo mi vida, cada persona con la que cuento, los momentos, las oportunidades, el viento, la luz, los sonidos... Todos y cada uno de los elementos que me conforman.
Por supuesto no estoy 100% complacida y no soy perfecta, pero dejĂ© de buscar y me esfuerzo a cada momento por disfrutar lo efĂmero de mi existencia. Nunca creĂ leerme de una forma tan positiva, pero el dĂa llegĂł y me siento serena.
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We want divine intervention so that our lives will magically be easier. But what about asking for fortitude and strength so you can do what you need to do? ~Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic (p. 276)
Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic (p. 276)
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