The Practice by The Stoic Handbook
Jon BrooksOne Stoic idea and a short exercise to try, in a free three-minute email every Sunday.
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The Practice: I was still nervous
No. 17 · 1 November 2026
Dear fellow Stoic-in-training,
When I arrived at an interclub at my jiu-jitsu gym, I had committed to two seven-minute matches. Walking in was a different matter from agreeing to do it.
I had parked away from the...
The Stoic who taught Epictetus
An imagined illustration, not an authenticated portrait.
You can understand a Stoic idea perfectly and still forget it the moment someone irritates you.
Musonius Rufus kept returning to that problem. He taught Epictetus, though his own na...
The Practice: The friends who showed up
THE PRACTICE · No. 16 · 18 October 2026
Dear fellow Stoic-in-training,
I still have a jiu-jitsu bag that a friend bought me after my mother died. He invited me out for coffee and gave it to me.
Two other friends from training were also t...
The Practice: I did not want a perfect holiday
THE PRACTICE · No. 15 · 11 October 2026
Dear fellow Stoic-in-training,
On a four-night family holiday in Tenby, I had two things I wanted to make room for: enjoying the time with the kids and keeping some continuity with my jiu-jitsu trai...
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