Now Is The Time

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• 0:00Ryan Holiday?

  Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast, designed to help bring those four key Stoic virtues, courage, discipline, justice, and wisdom into the real world.

• 0:14Ryan Holiday?

  Now is the time. It was a long winter. There was that ice storm. There was that week of sub-zero wind chill. There were those days where you were tired of being stuck inside, those nights where it got dark so early. It has felt like that song goes like a lot of Monday mornings in an endless February. So naturally, you were not at your best. You were a little depressed. You were tired. You had a hard time getting momentum. You were jarred, as Marcus Aurelius said, "by circumstances outside your control." But now, now you can feel some things in the air. It's those early signs of spring, a little warmth, a little green, a little sunlight.

• 0:59Ryan Holiday?

  It's wonderful. So don't waste it. Take this as a sign. Use it as a chance. To finish that Marcus Aurelius quote, "to revert back to yourself, to grab the rhythm again, to clean up your act, to get after it." Now is the time. And by the way, that's what we built, the 2026 Daily Stoic Spring Forward Challenge all around, right? We did the New Year, New You Challenge in the first couple of weeks of January to kick the year off right. And then what happens, right? Life intervenes. 2026 has already thrown so much at us, political instability, financial turbulence, AI uncertainties, global tensions, just a lot, right? And the 2026 Daily Stoic Spring Forward Challenge is there to help you reset, renew,

• 1:44Ryan Holiday?

  and refocus on what you can do to improve yourself and your life, and I think also the world around you. It's got a bunch of awesome stuff in there. There's some practical tools. I promise you can clear your space and your mind, you can create better systems. You can accomplish what you've been putting off. You can focus on what's important. You can abandon the stuff that's draining you and reclaim your very valuable time. As I said, it's one actionable Stoic challenge every single day. I'm going to be doing it in there with you, thousands of Stoics all over the world. We're going to do some Q and A slash meetups about it. And by the way, we have a special discount for podcast listeners. This year, we're offering 20% off the Spring Forward Challenge when you use code D S

• 2:25Ryan Holiday?

  POD 20 at checkout. I love that you're listening. I appreciate that you're listening. I spend a lot of time recording these, so it means a lot to me that you're listening. And that's why we're throwing you this extra 20% off discount. You can join me and thousands of other Stoics in the Daily Stoic Spring Forward Challenge. Just head over to dailystoic.com/spring and enter code D S POD 20 to get 20% off.