Steady Stoic
Today's lesson · The curriculum

101 weeks of Stoic practice

Each week takes one theme in the morning and the Stoic concept behind it in the afternoon. The first eight weeks are the on-ramp; after that, the order is deliberately mixed. Every lesson is a passage, a reflection, a practice, and a reading.

The Foundations

  1. Week 1What Is in Your Control The Dichotomy of Controlthis week
  2. Week 2Living According to Nature Living in Agreement with Nature
  3. Week 3Building Character Virtue as the Only Good
  4. Week 4The Good Life Eudaimonia — Flourishing
  5. Week 5Mastering Desire and Aversion The Discipline of Desire
  6. Week 6Freedom from Anger The Discipline of Assent
  7. Week 7Accepting What Happens Amor Fati — Loving Your Fate
  8. Week 8The Shortness of Life Memento Mori

The Full Curriculum

  1. Week 9Endurance Resilience
  2. Week 10Work and Duty Role Ethics
  3. Week 11Simplicity Natural and Unnecessary Desires
  4. Week 12Humility and Ego The View from Above
  5. Week 13Philosophy as Medicine Therapy of the Soul
  6. Week 14Making Better Choices Reasoned Action
  7. Week 15Justice and Service Dikaiosyne — Justice
  8. Week 16Letting Go of Outcomes Action Without Attachment
  9. Week 17Speaking Less, Speaking Better Right Speech
  10. Week 18Desire Without Slavery The Discipline of Desire
  11. Week 19Justice in Action Cosmopolitanism
  12. Week 20The Banquet of Life Take What Is Offered
  13. Week 21Friendship and Loyalty Oikeiosis
  14. Week 22Our Bonds with Others Oikeiosis
  15. Week 23Service and Community Brotherhood of Humanity
  16. Week 24Finishing Well As a Ripe Fruit Falls
  17. Week 25Facing Fear It Is Our Judgments, Not Things
  18. Week 26Constancy in Fortune and Loss An Even Mind
  19. Week 27The Ideal of the Sage The Sophos — the Sage
  20. Week 28Loss and Consolation All Things Are on Loan
  21. Week 29Moral Courage Andreia — Courage
  22. Week 30Speech and Silence Guarding the Tongue
  23. Week 31The Roles We Are Given The Actor and the Play (Role Ethics)
  24. Week 32The Practice of Reflection Evening Review
  25. Week 33The Power of Habit Hexis — Habituation
  26. Week 34Living According to Nature Stoic Virtue (Arete)
  27. Week 35Training Through Hardship Askesis — Voluntary Hardship
  28. Week 36Patience with Others Human Nature
  29. Week 37Duty and Right Action The Cardinal Virtues
  30. Week 38You Are Not Your Body A Little Soul Carrying a Corpse
  31. Week 39Adversity as Training The Reserve Clause (Hupexhairesis)
  32. Week 40The Emptiness of Fame The Oblivion of Glory
  33. Week 41Living in the Present Prosoche — Attention
  34. Week 42Morning Preparation Setting Intentions
  35. Week 43Reputation and Approval Indifference to External Opinion
  36. Week 44The Power of Pause Examining Impressions
  37. Week 45Generosity and Benefits Beneficence
  38. Week 46Seeing Things Clearly Objective Judgment (Phantasia Kataleptike)
  39. Week 47Fear of the Future Premeditatio Malorum
  40. Week 48The Work of Progress The Prokopton — Making Progress
  41. Week 49Reverence for the Cosmos Eusebeia — Piety
  42. Week 50Your Work as a Human Being Kathekon — Appropriate Action
  43. Week 51The Constancy of Change Panta Rhei — Universal Flux
  44. Week 52Peace of Mind Apatheia & Ataraxia
  45. Week 53The Obstacle Is the Way The Discipline of Action
  46. Week 54Emotional Balance Apatheia
  47. Week 55Fairness Toward Others Justice (Dikaiosyne)
  48. Week 56Self-Command Enkrateia — Self-Command
  49. Week 57What Is in Our Power The Dichotomy of Control (Prohairesis)
  50. Week 58Preparing for the Day The Morning Meditation
  51. Week 59Leadership Without Ego Service to the Whole
  52. Week 60The Art of Living Phronesis — Practical Wisdom
  53. Week 61Pleasure and Restraint Sophrosyne — Temperance
  54. Week 62Humility and Not-Knowing Socratic Ignorance
  55. Week 63Facing Death Calmly Nature's Cycle
  56. Week 64Inner Freedom Autarkeia — Self-Sufficiency
  57. Week 65Solitude and the Inner Retreat The Refuge Within
  58. Week 66Bearing Pain Karteria — Endurance
  59. Week 67Loss and Attachment Impermanence
  60. Week 68Integrity and Wholeness Being One, Not Seeming
  61. Week 69Courage in Daily Life Fortitude (Andreia)
  62. Week 70Handling Insults Contempt for Praise and Blame
  63. Week 71Discipline of Attention Prosoche
  64. Week 72Citizen of the World Kosmopolites — World-Citizenship
  65. Week 73Time and Priority Using Life Well
  66. Week 74The View from Above Sympatheia & the View from Above
  67. Week 75Indifference to Reputation Adiaphora — Indifferents
  68. Week 76The Mind as a Citadel The Hegemonikon — Ruling Faculty
  69. Week 77Discipline Over Motivation Daily Practice (Askesis)
  70. Week 78Remember You Will Die Memento Mori
  71. Week 79Time and How You Spend It Time, Our Only Possession
  72. Week 80Overcoming Envy Focusing on Your Own Character
  73. Week 81Choosing Your Response The Space Between Impression and Action
  74. Week 82Gratitude and Enough Autarkeia — Self-Sufficiency
  75. Week 83Wisdom in Judgment Practical Wisdom (Phronesis)
  76. Week 84Wealth and Externals Preferred Indifferents
  77. Week 85The Simple Life True Wealth Is Wanting Little
  78. Week 86Beyond Hope and Fear Free of Hope and Fear
  79. Week 87Self-Respect Integrity
  80. Week 88Examining Yourself The Evening Review
  81. Week 89Pain and Discomfort Separating Sensation from Judgment
  82. Week 90Contentment Enoughness
  83. Week 91The Inner Citadel Moral Independence
  84. Week 92Wealth and Possessions Preferred Indifferents
  85. Week 93Living with Uncertainty Acceptance of Providence
  86. Week 94Freedom from Envy An End to Comparison
  87. Week 95Dealing with Difficult People They Err from Ignorance
  88. Week 96Forgiveness Ignorance as the Root of Wrongdoing
  89. Week 97Gratitude for the Present Present-Moment Awareness
  90. Week 98A Stoic Life The Four Cardinal Virtues
  91. Week 99Mastering Impulse Self-Command (Enkrateia)
  92. Week 100Anxiety and Control Future Events as Indifferents
  93. Week 101Facing Hardship Voluntary Discomfort