This Will Not Free You | The Secret To Better Habits in 2023

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<p><a href="https://dailystoic.com/seneca/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Seneca</a> had money and privilege. Lots of it.</p><p>Yet where did it get him?</p><p>It didn’t save him from illness, or spare him from years of convalescence. </p><p>Does this mean there is no advantage to having money? No. Nor does it imply that not having money is better than having it (Seneca would deem money a <a href="https://dailystoic.com/stoicism-indifference/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘preferred indifferent’—better to have than not have</a>).</p><p>--- </p><p>In one of the best passages in Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations, Marcus tells himself to stop hoping and “be his own savior while he can.” It’s great advice — advice we should follow this year.</p><p>And we do that by starting with some foundational habits and mindset shifts. Today, Ryan outlines some of the best ways that you can have better habits in 2023.</p><p>🎓 Sign up for the Daily Stoic New Year, New You Challenge to create better habits in 2023: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjZHbnM4TWpreUNyN3l4dVFFVVVJWDhJemZsZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsbWZicEdQSl9xMndXSGNCNU01SndIRl8xV2tadC02bHc2RDRVS19YM181YUVKSU95c05QMERZNjJOUHpYRmZySHRlbUlwZnA2eG9JdE5la3k0QmdYZWtLeXBZNmRWdThxdU8xdkFUaG9PM19rZ1NKSQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fdailystoic.com%2Fchallenge&amp;v=THCpkFIA3E0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/challenge</a></p><p>✉️&nbsp; 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><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>