The Good Life
Posted by Kalika Yap an hour ago
Hello Boss!
How do you have a good life?
I believe it takes three stops and three starts.
STOPS
- Stop anguishing over what you don’t have.
- Stop agonizing about what others think about you.
- Stop acting like you’re going to live forever.
STARTS
- Start appreciating what you have.
- Start accepting the power of the present moment.
- Start asking for help.
The good life has been waiting for us all along.
We just need to get off autopilot.
XO
Kalika
You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
— MARCUS AURELIUS
Recommended Reading
A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy
One of the great fears many of us face is that despite all our effort and striving, we will discover at the end that we have wasted our life. In A Guide to the Good Life, William B. Irvine plumbs the wisdom of Stoic philosophy, one of the most popular and successful schools of thought in ancient Rome, and shows how its insight and advice are still remarkably applicable to modern lives.