We Almost Always Regret This | A Week Without Complaining

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<p>It’s not that we didn’t have a reason. That we weren’t provoked. Or mistreated. We were. We had legitimate reasons to be upset. We had a legitimate grievance.</p><p>And yet…<a href="https://dailystoic.com/what-do-you-look-like-angry/?utm_source=sendfox&amp;utm_medium=sendfox&amp;utm_campaign=what-you-look-like-angry" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">our response was such a mistake</a>. We come to regret the yelling. We regret the harsh words. How much better would we have been had we been able to, as the great play about Cato put it, look at things through the “calm light of mild philosophy.”</p><p>To the Stoics, what we did in a fit of passion–be it of lust or envy but most of all out of anger–was almost always the wrong thing.</p><p>---</p><p>And in today's <em>Daily Stoic</em> meditation, Ryan discusses the transformation that you will undergo when you recognize what you are complaining about in your thoughts, and then challenge yourself to re-focus</p><p><em>💪 If&nbsp;you&nbsp;really want to get serious about conquering&nbsp;your&nbsp;anger, sign up for our course:&nbsp;</em><a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/anger" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Taming&nbsp;Your&nbsp;Temper: The 11-Day Stoic Guide to Controlling&nbsp;Anger</em></a><em>. It’s 11 days of challenges, exercises, video lessons, and bonus tools based on Stoic philosophy that is aimed at helping&nbsp;you&nbsp;deal with&nbsp;your&nbsp;anger&nbsp;in a constructive manner.&nbsp;</em><a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/anger" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Learn more here</em></a><em>!</em></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><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>