22: 7 Things To Do In Your Evenings - Marcus Aurelius (Stoicism Evening Routine)

In this episode, we will be talking about 7 things you can do in your evenings from the evening routine of Marcus Aurelius. Marcus Aurelius was a Roman Emperor and a student of Stoicism. During his rule, Aurelius constructed a series of autobiographical writings, now known as the Meditations.

Marcus Aurelius was a Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 AD and is considered as the last of the Five Good Emperors. During his time, he constructed a series of autobiographical writings known as the Meditations, in which he  constantly advocated for finding stillness in life and while his meditations regularly speak of the importance of waking up early and seizing the day, he also stressed the importance of taking time to retreat into oneself and find stillness. Thanks to his journalling, we have a fair idea of what his evening routine would have looked like and in this video we will be diving into 7 different things Marcus Aurelius would have done in his evenings and how we can follow or adapt that routine to our modern day lives.

So here are 7 things you can do in your evenings from the evening routine of Marcus Aurelius - 
01. Eliminate external Stimuli
02. Get some physical Exercise
03. Review your day 
04. Contemplate your personal sage
05. Take a view from above
06. Spend time with family
07. Prepare for mornings

I hope you enjoyed listening to these 7 things you can do in your evenings from the evening routine of Marcus Aurelius and find them helpful in your life. 

Even though Marcus Aurelius wrote it 2,000 years ago — his insights on Stoicism still carry strong weight today. Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens in the early 3rd century BC. Even though it is over 2000 years old, more and more people are discovering how Stoicism is not only relevant to modern times, but can be applied in very simple, yet strong ways.