a successful day for a stoic is simple it's not about making more money or getting more famous or dazzling more people with your accomplishments it's whether or not you got better specifically it's whether you get better at life more prepared for the troubles for The Temptations for the opportunities that lay ahead as senica wrote to lucilius the prescription for this philosophy is simple each day acquire something that will fortify you against poverty against death indeed against other misfortunes as well and after you have run over many thoughts select one to be thoroughly digested that day
it's interesting how quick we are to apply this line of thinking to our professional Pursuits always trying to add something to our gain to get a little bit better but what about the personal as Marcus realus would write in meditations are you trying to be a better wrestler but not a better person a better forgiver of faults a better friend in tight places what about being a better parent a better grandparent is that something you're working as hard at as you are at making more money or maintaining your figure the the answer to this question
is rarely the right one even Marcus struggled with it as his conflict with his only surviving son Commodus showed and this prompts the next question why why not we say that family is the most important thing but ACTA non verba Deeds Are Better Than Words it's time to make our priority our priority
