How To Do The Holidays Like A Stoic

Some Stoic End of the Year Thoughts %u2013 Ryan Holiday %u2013 Medium. When Marcus Aurelius suggested looking at a feast as dead fish, dead bird, and dead pig, he wasn't trying to ruin the meal. In fact, he was redirecting focus to what matters...the people and the interaction between them. This post by Ryan Holiday highlights the dissonance between our societal norms of over-doing it at Xmas, and then, like sinners asking for forgiveness, making resolutions at the beginning of the New Year to reverse the process. Another Stoic suggested that, if you want to be a good man, or to do a good thing, why wait? Do it now. Try beginning the New Year's diet on Xmas. There is never a better time than now.