Do This While You Can | The Portable Retreat

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<p>It’s funny, over here at Daily Stoic, we do these <em>challenges</em> throughout the year (maybe you’ve joined one before)<em>.</em> On the one hand, this name is probably bad marketing. People don’t usually get excited by the thought of being challenged. In fact, what they usually want is a secret or a shortcut or a hack. They want someone to solve the challenges for them. On the other hand, isn’t <em>embracing life’s challenges</em> what Stoicism is all about? So naturally, we couldn’t call the <a href="https://dailystoic.com/spring/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Spring Forward Challenge</a> anything <em>but</em> that. It <em>is</em> a challenge. 10 days straight of them. Starting <strong><em>now</em></strong><em>.</em></p><p>So yes it’s been a long December, but as the song also reminds us, there’s reason to believe that this year will be better than the last. And that reason is <em>you</em>—if you allow yourself to be, if you challenge yourself, if you decide to climb out of your velvet rut. A person who has never been challenged, Seneca said, who always gets their way, is a tragic figure. They have no idea what they are capable of. They are not even close to fulfilling their potential. “Stop wandering about!” Marcus Aurelius said to himself, perhaps on the eve of a new season just like this one. “Get busy with life's purpose,” he commanded, “toss aside empty hopes, get active in your own rescue–if you care for yourself at all—and do it while you can.”</p><p>And so as the seasons change, as the clocks change, we want to urge you one last time to join us and thousands of other Stoics in <a href="https://dailystoic.com/spring/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Daily Stoic Spring Forward Challenge</a>. Because one of the best ways to cure anxiety, to deal with stress, and to become present is to really throw yourself into some means of self-improvement. Stop procrastinating. Break out. Break free. Get cleaning. <em>Challenge</em> yourself.</p><br><p>✉️<strong>&nbsp;Sign up for the Daily Stoic email:&nbsp;</strong><a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a>&nbsp;for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more.</p><p>📱 Follow us:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>