Another start

Semi privately starting a new…Blog? Journal?

I’m not sure what this will be yet and it is not the first time I have attempted this. If I put these items, works, thoughts onto a public page but don’t share it with anyone then it is on a string of chance that anyone comes across what I write, yet in that action of publishing my thoughts this way I set some accountability to follow through. There is no doubt in my mind that the reason I choose to create this page falls with the recent reading into the Stoics and Stoicism.

Cliché as it is, you read about thought leaders and have an epiphany of thought - I have always resonated in the pursuit of order and reason, logic and truth, yet simply never had a word that collectively encapsulated my beliefs. Stoicism

Wisdom - Justice - Courage - Moderation

Have I always followed these core pillars in my life? Of course not! In using them to reflect upon my 30ish years of life, however, I can conclude that my lowest points were each the result of engaging in the opposite of these ideals. Craving too much, being fearful of the future, of imagined pain… You can only take so many scrapes and bruises before you have to choose to change your circumstance. So I have begun and am 2 months into a journey of learning and hopefully self-betterment. I want to make promises to my future self as I undertake these trials of self…

I will learn to be the good man I once thought I was

I will not linger in regret of my past failings, instead, strive to learn from and never repeat them

I will cherish what I have today and build upon it with love, patience, and courage

I will take each day as it comes - Embrace it, and do my part to enrich it

"In life, it doesn’t matter what happens to you or where you came from. It matters what you do with what happens and what you’ve been given."

-Ryan Holiday.

Every day is another start, another opportunity to wake up and be the best version of your self