"Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence." #stoicism #life #philosophy
"Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence." #stoicism #life #philosophy
"The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power." #stoicism #life #philosophy
"The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power." #stoicism #life #philosophy
Why Stoicism is one of the best mind hacks ever devised
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@heidilifeldman Meditations
Apparently some people who do not understand the point of swearing an oath on something sacred to the oath taker are unhappy Mamdani swore on a Koran rather than a Bible. John Quincy Adams swore on a law book. What book would you swear on if you were being inaugurated?
@heidilifeldman Meditations
"The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him." #stoicism #life #philosophy
"The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him." #stoicism #life #philosophy
I was a „holier than thou“ asshole that was so sure to be righteous for many years. #Stoicism teaches me I was wrong. I learned that change happens through praise, patience and persistence. Through being a reliable friend. To never judge. To help when it is accepted. To wait when it is needed.
I was a „holier than thou“ asshole that was so sure to be righteous for many years. #Stoicism teaches me I was wrong. I learned that change happens through praise, patience and persistence. Through being a reliable friend. To never judge. To help when it is accepted. To wait when it is needed.
When I got the idea to start my own Mastodon server in October 2022, many people asked, "What will happen to your server when you die? Will it just disappear? Aren't you afraid you'll lose all your data forever?"
Well, yes. No shit, Sherlock. But it'll be mine while I’m alive.
Websites come and go over the decades. Nothing is permanent. So why should a Mastodon server be any different?
Epicurus once said: Why should I fear death? If I am, then death is not. If death is, then I am not. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?
While I embrace the mindset of focusing on the present, I do everything I can to keep this server running for as long as I live and breathe - and maybe even beyond.
This is why I named my server mementomori.social. It's a reminder. More at https://help.mementomori.social
#stoicism fails for me a lot but I still use it.
It is useful to me as a rational starting point but is not usually the useful answer.
Take for example the following scenarios.
I'm at work and a colleague in a different department in a different building who doesn't know what I do day to day makes a comment too loud that they "don't believe he even works here." Meanwhile I had been busting my ass on a project they're not involved in.
The stoic control test says they are outside of my control and therefore I shouldn't be bothered.
Another scenario.
A remote project manager is unhappy with my responses to his questions because I am busy working a major project and simply don't have time to talk. I don't report to him or his department but his pull at the company meant that when my project was finished and I was up for a raise, it was denied because of his input.
Now the stoic control test says I shouldn't let that bother me. I should simply work harder or leave.
But that simply isn't satisfying.
The stoic control test is a good means of calming me down but being unbothered isn't what I want. I want to harness this injustice. Use the corporate resources to skill up. Become imbedded in vital work flows. Then demand double the raise once I've secured a better offer.
Hell, maybe I'll even try to unionize.
I don't want to be tranquil about this I want to be mad damn it!
In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful. #stoicism #life #philosophy
