Are You Getting The Most Out Of This Gift?

You’re alive right now or you wouldn’t be reading this. But what proof do you have that you’re really living? Don’t overthink that question. It’s not some complicated metaphysical question.✉️ Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail🏛 Check out the Daily Stoic Store for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more.📱 Follow us: Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, FacebookSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. 📢 Share | ⚙️ Manage Subscription

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• 0:03Ryan Holiday?

  Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast, where each day we bring you a passage of ancient wisdom designed to help you find strength, insight, and wisdom in everyday life. Each one of these passages is based on the 2,000-year-old philosophy that has guided some of history's greatest men and women. For more, you can visit us, dailystoic.com.

• 0:29Ryan Holiday?

  Are you getting the most out of this gift? You're alive right now, or you wouldn't be reading this. But what proof do you have that you're really living? Don't overthink that question. It's not some complicated metaphysical question. Instead, it's a variation of Seneca's observation that often, a very old man has no other proof of his long life than his age, meaning that they racked up many years, but little living. And the same can be true for us if we're not careful. Yes, we're here, but are we really here? Are we really getting the most out of this gift we've been given? Are we squeezing every second out of every second? Or are we simply content to let them tick off the clock?

• 1:13Ryan Holiday?

  That's the question for you to answer today. What proof do I have that I'm really alive?