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A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William B. Irvine.

I had the good fortune of stumbling upon Stoicism… somewhere… It has slipped my fish brains, unfortunately. But i distinctly remembered that a day later, Pewdiepie made a video about Stoicism! What are the odds! You can find the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FinMGtpTud0) It covered Stoicism in general pretty well. Not that i know much in depth now but it got me intrigued enough to start Googling about Stoicism further.

I was very attracted by the idea of Stoicism as there are sentences mentioning “focus on what is in within your circle of control”, “achieving tranquility” and “being in control of negative emotions”. It is very closely related to what my current leader (in my company) has been teaching me and it has been something i aspire to be as well. I thought i need it now more than ever because hey ho, my anger lid sort of broke and i have not found a way to manage it properly.

I stumbled upon A Guide to the Good Life on Reddit (surprise, surprise). And a Redditor said this book is a good start for beginners who want to learn about Stoicism. Soooo, that’s why I am here. With this topic.

Again, i am kinda shit with writing so i thought typing might help me remember what i read better. It is not the whole book, though. I am trying to read section by section so that probably means my postings will be section by section as well.