![]() The Stoics believe that there are only a few things within your control and getting a pay rise isn’t one of them. ![]() This is terrible, I deserve more money.” And he said, “Well, let’s apply stoicism to this.” I applied for a pay rise, which I didn’t get, and was furious. Since this friend was also exploring stoicism, we would see if we could apply it to what was happening for us at the time. While really getting into stoicism, I had a friend with whom I would take long walks and talk about what was going on in our lives. ![]() Many of the texts that survive in Stoicism are the Roman Stoics, like Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius, author of the famous book Meditations, and Seneca, who was a brilliant playwright, statesman, and advisor to Nero. So, the following year, I did Stoic Week again, and this time really leaned into a lot of the texts. Then I realized that if I did actually apply stoicism, I might get some results. I started getting interested in stoicism around 2018 when I wrote a piece for The Guardian trying out a thing called Stoic Week. The few things within your control are basically your actions, reactions, your character, and how you treat other people. Listen to the audio version-read by Brigid herself-in the Next Big Idea App. She co-created the Netflix series Wellmania, based on her last book, and cofounded the anti–death penalty movement Mercy Campaign.īelow, Brigid shares 5 key insights from her new book, Reasons Not to Worry: How to Be Stoic in Chaotic Times. For many years she wrote the popular weekly column “Brigid Delaney’s Diary” for The Guardian. ![]() Brigid Delaney is a journalist and political speechwriter for Australia’s minister for finance and minister for women. ![]()
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