Just Put It On My Tab | The Enemy of Happiness

<p>Life was just one thing after another for <a href="https://dailystoic.com/marcus-aurelius/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Marcus Aurelius</a>. The plague. The flooding. The wars. He did not meet with, “the good fortune he deserved,” one ancient historian noted, “as his whole reign was a series of troubles.”</p><p>Anyone who <a href="https://dailystoic.com/luck-plucks-us-from-the-herd/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">has had a run of bad luck</a> knows the feeling. It’s frustrating and annoying and sometimes deeply unfair, but there is also something freeing about it. Because after a certain point, you stop fighting and start accepting.</p><p>---</p><p>In todays Daily Stoic reading, Ryan explores how we can get out of the way of our own happiness by curbing our yearning.</p><p>💪 Check out the <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/slay-your-stress-a-daily-stoic-20-day-challenge" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Slay Your Stress Challenge</a> to equip yourself with strategies, mantras and mindsets that you can fall back on to navigate the relentless ups and downs of life.</p><p>✉️&nbsp;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><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="