Essential Life Skills
Face the Essential Truths through Letters from a Stoic
Theme-by-theme chapter breakdowns of the essential life skills in this classic work. 6 deep dives tracing how Seneca's story teaches skills you can use today.
Lay Hold of Today
Take back the hour Letter 1 says you are giving away, and remember Senecio: healthy at dinner, gone by morning.
Do Not Spend Twice
Stop paying twice for a fear that has not arrived, as Letter 13 warns, and notice when you are Harpaste asking for a brighter room.
Bravery Even to Live
Pay the tax of life the way Letter 96 names it: illness, loss, and the father Seneca stayed alive for.
Never Come Home the Same
Do not call a courier a friend if you will not trust him, and stay out of the noon games that send you home worse.
Think on Death Always
Sit with Bassus on the leaking ship, the asthma that is practice, and Senecio's unfinished plan.
Deed and Word in Accord
Match deed to word the way Letter 20 demands, and refuse Vatia's villa: hiding is not living.