Can Self-Discipline Be Trained? | Mortal Questions

Can Self-Discipline Be Trained? | Mortal Questions

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Welcome back to Dying Every Day. This is Mortal Questions.

I want to try something new here on Dying Every Day. I’m calling it Mortal Questions.


The idea is pretty simple. There are certain questions that seem to follow us through life—questions about happiness and suffering, work and love, ambition and regret, attention and death, and so on. Some have occupied philosophers for thousands of years. Others show up on an ordinary Tuesday afternoon when something goes wrong, and we suddenly realize we have no idea what to do.

And often, they’re the same questions.

Every so often, I want to take one of them and spend some time thinking it through. Sometimes the questions come from listeners. I’ve set up an email address—askamortal@dyingeveryday.com—where you can send whatever you’ve been wrestling with (you can remain anonymous or not). [...]

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Remember Death. Return to Life. | Dying Every Day

Remember Death. Return to Life. | Dying Every Day

Memento mori is a way to bring the important things back into the present. Through Montaigne and Seneca, this episode explores how remembering mortality can loosen our attachment to approval, interrup...

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The Story Your Mind Adds | Dying Daily

The Story Your Mind Adds | Dying Daily

A message arrives with fewer words than you expected. You read it again. The brevity begins to sound like irritation; the irritation becomes a judgment about your relationship. By the time you put the...

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Day 158: You Will Never Know Enough: Socrates and Epictetus on Acting Without Certainty

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📮 Want more meditations for mortals? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribeWelcome back to Dying Every Day. This is Day 158.You’ve read the advice. You’ve asked the people you trust. ...

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The Life You Are Actually Living | Dying Daily

The Life You Are Actually Living | Dying Daily

📮 Want more meditations for mortals? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribeWelcome back to Dying Every Day. This is Daying Daily.You have been avoiding this thought.Not consciously. N...

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Day 157: Carrying the Fire with Shane Trotter | Dying Every Day

Day 157: Carrying the Fire with Shane Trotter | Dying Every Day

📮 Want more meditations for mortals? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribeWelcome back to Dying Every Day. This is Day 157.What does it take to become strong enough to carry responsi...

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"Let us Postpone Nothing" | Dying Daily

"Let us Postpone Nothing" | Dying Daily

📮 Want more meditations for mortals? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribeWelcome back to Dying Every Day. This is Daying Daily.You have been avoiding this thought.Not consciously. N...

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"The Art of Paying Attention" | Letters from a Mortal

"The Art of Paying Attention" | Letters from a Mortal

📮 Want more meditations for mortals? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribeWelcome back to Dying Every Day. This is Letters from a Mortal.Before we begin, a word about this edition of...

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