3 Stoic Exercises That Will Help Create Your Best Month Yet

The page says Stoicism has long been used as practical guidance for living better, more resiliently, and more peacefully. It then offers three exercises for a strong month: begin the day by getting up for the work you are made for, use a chain of consecutive days to build a good habit or weaken a bad one, and reflect regularly on what you did well and what you could improve.

Reading notes

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• Marcus Aurelius is used to support the idea that mornings call for work, not comfort.
• The page says we should get up, shower, have coffee, and start working because we have a job to do and a larger cause to serve.
• The chain method is presented as a way to build momentum by not breaking a streak.
• The same method is also applied to negative habits such as anger, wandering eyes, and procrastination.
• Marcus Aurelius is quoted to stress paying attention to the principle, the task, or what is in front of us.
• The page says how you handle one moment is how you will handle the next.
• Seneca is used to support a daily review of bad habits, improvement, justice, and future progress.
• The page extends that review to monthly, quarterly, and yearly reflection.