Crafting The Ultimate Stoic Routine: Morning Rituals (1)
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How you start the morning tends to set the temperature for the rest of the day. This is part one of the routine series, focused on a Stoic morning: a sequence of small practices that point you at clarity and resilience before the world gets a vote.
I walk through reading and sitting with a Stoic quote, journaling to build gratitude and anticipate the day's obstacles, a short meditation, reading from the Stoic texts, cold exposure for a bit of deliberate discomfort, and a brief death meditation to sharpen the day. Take the whole thing or borrow the one or two pieces that fit your life.
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02:15 Reflecting on a Stoic quote
05:30 Stoic journaling
12:00 Meditation for mindfulness
16:40 Reading Stoic texts
20:30 Cold exposure
24:15 Death meditation
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