How to Put the Day Down: Stoic Nightly Practice for Peace
Stop Arguing With Your Thoughts: Train the Mind That Can't Be Beaten
Sleeplessness at three in the morning often isn't a sleep problem - it's a philosophy problem: Marcus Aurelius kept a nightly writing practice to extract emotional charge from events, and Seneca warned the undisciplined mind takes in whatever the environment offers. How did the Stoics train a specific, trainable choice to stop carrying the day into sleep?
In this episode, we present Stoic ideas and practices for processing the day's events before bed, focusing on the distinction between recording and processing and the…
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