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- I’m pouring all my energy into things I can’t actually control
- I’ve quietly decided I need this to go a certain way
- I throw everything into a plan and then it gets blocked by something outside me, and I take it as a personal defeat that flattens me
- The same thing happened to someone else and it barely fazed them, while it’s wrecking me
- Carrying everyone else’s anxiety and conflict has hollowed me out
Practices that may help
- The Enchiridion, as a Handbook
The Enchiridion ("handbook") is Epictetus’ compressed field manual for living: its master move is sorting what is up to you (your judgments, desires, and actions) from what is not (everything else), then training your assent so you respond to impressions instead of being yanked by them. Its strongest empirical support is the direct line from this control-and-appraisal logic into cognitive behavioral therapy. - Sort what is up to you
Epictetus’ first and central move: divide everything into what is in your power and what is not.
The Enchiridion, as a Handbook - Discipline desire and aversion
Want only what’s up to you, and be averse only to what’s up to you — then you can’t be thwarted.
The Enchiridion, as a Handbook - Act with the reserve clause
Commit fully to your plan, but add "fate permitting" — so a blocked outcome doesn’t break you.
The Enchiridion, as a Handbook - It’s not things that disturb us
“People are disturbed not by things, but by their judgments about things.”
The Enchiridion, as a Handbook - Build sanctuaries for renewal outside the system
Maintain relationships and practices outside the organizational system that restore perspective and capacity.
Adaptive Leadership, Made Practical - Practice the Examen daily and briefly
Do a short Examen most days rather than a long one occasionally.
The Ignatian Examen: Five Movements of Daily Review - Write to yourself (the Meditations method)
Keep a private notebook where you argue yourself back to your own principles, in your own words.
Meditations, as Marcus Practiced It - Making lectio divina a brief, daily practice
Practice a short lectio daily rather than a long lectio occasionally.
Lectio Divina: Sacred Reading - Daily training of the ruling faculty
Treat every day’s difficulties as training material for strengthening the ruling faculty.
The Inner Citadel
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- The Enchiridion As A Handbook When Overwhelmed
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- The Enchiridion As A Handbook After A Setback
The Enchiridion ("handbook") is Epictetus’ compressed field manual for living: its master move is sorting what is up to you (your judgments, desires, and actions) from what is not (everything else), then training your assent so you respond to impressions instead of being yanked by them. Its strongest empirical support is the direct line from this control-and-appraisal logic into cognitive behavioral therapy.
- The Enchiridion As A Handbook At Work
The Enchiridion ("handbook") is Epictetus’ compressed field manual for living: its master move is sorting what is up to you (your judgments, desires, and actions) from what is not (everything else), then training your assent so you respond to impressions instead of being yanked by them. Its strongest empirical support is the direct line from this control-and-appraisal logic into cognitive behavioral therapy.
- The Enchiridion As A Handbook For My Teenager
The Enchiridion ("handbook") is Epictetus’ compressed field manual for living: its master move is sorting what is up to you (your judgments, desires, and actions) from what is not (everything else), then training your assent so you respond to impressions instead of being yanked by them. Its strongest empirical support is the direct line from this control-and-appraisal logic into cognitive behavioral therapy.
- The Enchiridion As A Handbook Under Stress
The Enchiridion ("handbook") is Epictetus’ compressed field manual for living: its master move is sorting what is up to you (your judgments, desires, and actions) from what is not (everything else), then training your assent so you respond to impressions instead of being yanked by them. Its strongest empirical support is the direct line from this control-and-appraisal logic into cognitive behavioral therapy.
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