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Cultivating self-awareness and self-reflection
Prioritizing and setting boundaries for self-care
Practicing mindfulness and presence
When doing what feels pleasurable becomes more important than doing what's actually good for us or our loved ones... that's a recipe for disaster.
Evaluate your habits and desires in terms of the bigger picture: how much do these pursuits actually contribute to your long-term happiness or sense of fulfillment in life?
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For Stoics, the highest good is to act consistently in accord with reason and virtue.
What matters in life isn't what happens to us but how we respond to it. Philosophy is really a way of life, how we choose to act.
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Pain is just a sensation, in other words; what matters is how we choose to respond to it.
Tell yourself that the pain won’t last long if it’s severe or that you’re capable of enduring much worse if the pain is chronic.
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The Stoics divided the day into three stages: The Stoic morning meditation, Mindfulness throughout the day, and Stoic evening reflection
By deeply reflecting on our values each day and attempting to describe them concisely, we can develop a clearer sense of direction.
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Premeditation of adversity can be useful in confronting anger and other negative emotions, but its techniques are particularly suited to treat fear and anxiety.
Fear is essentially a future-focused emotion, so it’s natural that we should counter it by addressing our thought...
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Pursue intrisic goals: Achieving goals that you are intrinsically motivated to pursue, particularly ones that are focused on personal growth and community, can help boost happiness. Research suggests that pursuing these types of
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