You Either Are Or You Aren’t | Panic Is Self-Inflicted Harm

<p>It’s impossible not to read <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/meditations" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Marcus Aurelius</a> or <a href="https://www.thepaintedporch.com/products/philosophy13?_pos=4&amp;_sid=1c88cf0c4&amp;_ss=r" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Seneca</a> and sense that they were always working. Not that they were literally always at the office–as we said, they believed in a kind of <a href="https://dailystoic.com/this-is-the-secret/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">work life balance</a>–but on themselves.</p><p>They were studying. They were reflecting. They were asking questions.</p><p>---</p><p>And with today's meditation on the day's Daily Journal excerpt, Ryan discusses why panic, which only serves to expose us to greater danger, can only be avoided by effective preparation.</p><p>✉️ Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: <a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a> for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more.</p><p>📱 Follow us: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>