PHILOSOPHY
This Ancient Philosophy Changed My Life
Today just might be the day that changes your life forever
“The unexamined life is not worth living,” Socrates once quipped.
But let’s be real — who has time for all that navel-gazing when there are bills to pay and Netflix queues to conquer?
It all started when I discovered Stoicism — not to be mistaken with “stoicism,” which is what I call my face when I’m pretending to listen to my neighbor’s endless stories on the adventures of her cat’s digestive issues.
No, Stoicism with a capital “S” is an ancient Greek philosophy that’s like a self-help book on steroids, minus the cheesy affirmations and suspicious before-and-after photos.
Not gonna lie, but at first, I thought Stoicism was about as exciting as watching paint dry while reciting the periodic table backward.
But then I had what I like to call my “Eureka moment in sweatpants” (because all great epiphanies happen when you’re elbow deep in a bag of Cheetos, right?).
Picture this: It’s 2 AM, I’m doom-scrolling through social media, so deeply that I’m starting to feel like a hamster on that wheel made of existential dread.
