Stoic Coffee Break

“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.”― Marcus AureliusIf you’ve been listening to the podcast for a while, then you’ll recognize the term “Memento Mori” which means to remember death, in that you you could leave life at any moment. The Stoics believed strongly in keeping this idea in the forefront of their decision making and how they went about their daily lives. It is used as tool to help put things in perspective. It doesn’t mean that you should live each day like it was your last in that you don’t go to work, and party like there was no tomorrow.What it does mean was that you live each life in a way that you would be proud of how you lived that day. It also means that you don’t put off those things that are important for some other day, because that day may never come.Are there things that you’re putting off? Are there dreams and goals that you want to accomplish but you’re waiting for everything to line up and for the perfect conditions to arise? The thing