Stoic practice
A morning to prepare for what will test you and an evening to review it, what is and isn't in your control, a theme to practise each week, the four virtues, the view from above, rules of your own to live by and a commonplace book of the lines you choose to keep.
People practising Stoicism day to day, not only reading about it.
Order as is goes straight to the order form, where you choose the days, binding and address and see the price before you pay. Change it first opens the whole book in the editor. No account needed for either.
Front pages
The four virtues, what is and isn't in your control, memento mori, negative visualisation, a commonplace book, weekly themes, the view from above and your own rules for living.
- The Four Virtues (questions)The Four Virtues: wisdom, where I need it; courage, what I'm avoiding; justice, what I owe others; and temperance, what I overdo, with lines to answer.
- Dichotomy of ControlTwo columns, for what is up to you and what is not. Epictetus opens the Enchiridion with this division.
- Memento MoriFifty-two circles, one for each week of the year, filled in as the weeks pass. Seneca and Marcus Aurelius both wrote about keeping death in mind so that time is spent well.
- Negative VisualizationPicture losing something you value, then how you would meet that loss. Seneca recommends this rehearsal, the premeditatio malorum, so that misfortune is never wholly unexpected and what you have is valued now.
- Commonplace BookPassages worth keeping, each with where it came from and a thought of your own. The old habit of the commonplace book, a page at a time.
- Weekly Themes (table)A table headed Weekly Themes, with columns for week, theme and how I'll practise it.
- The View From Above (questions)The View From Above: what's troubling me, how it looks from far away and what actually matters here, with lines to answer.
- My Rules for Living (note box)A box headed My Rules for Living, ruled with lines, to write in.
Every week
The week's theme and how you'll practise it, three priorities, a commonplace book, negative visualisation, where you fell short, the week reviewed and what's in your control.
- This Week's Theme (questions)This Week's Theme: theme, how I'll practise it and where it will be hard, with lines to answer.
- Weekly PrioritiesA short numbered list of what matters most this week, written before the week fills up.
- Commonplace BookPassages worth keeping, each with where it came from and a thought of your own. The old habit of the commonplace book, a page at a time.
- Negative VisualizationPicture losing something you value, then how you would meet that loss. Seneca recommends this rehearsal, the premeditatio malorum, so that misfortune is never wholly unexpected and what you have is valued now.
- Where I Fell Short (note box)A box headed Where I Fell Short, ruled with lines, to write in.
- The Week Reviewed (Weekly Reflection)A few questions to close the week, with lines to answer them. It starts with what went well, what did not and what comes next, and the questions can be your own.
- Dichotomy of ControlTwo columns, for what is up to you and what is not. Epictetus opens the Enchiridion with this division.
Every day
A page a day: the morning page, the big three and what's in your control beside the hours, an evening review and the commonplace book.
- Stoic Morning PageThree questions for the start of the day: what is in your control, what obstacle to expect, and which virtue you will need. Marcus Aurelius opens Book 2 of the Meditations by preparing himself for the difficult people he will meet that day.
- Daily Big 3The three tasks that would make today a good day if they got done, numbered so the first comes first.
- Dichotomy of ControlTwo columns, for what is up to you and what is not. Epictetus opens the Enchiridion with this division.
- Stoic Evening ReviewThe nightly review Seneca describes in On Anger, with three questions adapted from the Pythagorean verses Epictetus quotes in Discourses 3.10.
- Commonplace BookPassages worth keeping, each with where it came from and a thought of your own. The old habit of the commonplace book, a page at a time.
The whole book, laid out.
Every page dated and ready to print at home or as a bound book. Move, resize or take out anything, and Memari lays out every page after.