Thread by @WhatIsStoicism

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗶𝗰 𝗪𝗮𝘆

Master the morning fundamentals

to improve your Stoic self-discipline

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1. Getting Up

Hitting a 10 minute alarm snooze

adds nothing to your day.

You can achieve two things

before the day even gets going:

1. Get up early
2. Make your bed

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"At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself:

'I have to go to work — as a human being.'

What do I have to complain of, if I’m going to do what I was born for —

the things I was brought into the world to do?"

- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 5.1

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2. Getting Washed

Try a cold shower every now and then

(or every day if you like)

to reduce your dependence on comfort

and remind yourself how resilient you really are.

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"I remembered my profession as a veteran devotee of cold water,

and, clad as I was in my cloak,

let myself down into the sea, just as a cold-water bather should."

- Seneca, Epistles 53.3

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"I, the former cold-water enthusiast, who used to celebrate the new year by taking a plunge into the canal,

who, just as naturally as I would set out to do some reading or writing...

used to inaugurate the first of the year with a plunge."

- Seneca, Epistles 83.5

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3. Getting Dressed

Simplifying your clothing reduces

time spent each day deciding what to wear.

Limiting your choices,

using and wearing only what's necessary,

is a source of strength.

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"Dress merely to keep out the cold...

merely as a protection against personal discomfort...

Despise everything that useless toil creates as an ornament and an object of beauty.

And reflect that nothing except the soul is worthy of wonder."

- Seneca, Epistles, 8.5

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For more Stoic daily routine guidance

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✔️Morning
-Waking Up
-Preparing For The Day
-Commuting/Traveling
-Starting Work

✔️Afternoon
-Taking a Break
-Worries
-Mood

✔️Evening
-Socialising
-Exercise
-Completing the Day
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