What Stoic Rules Make Life Less Erratic? | A Cure For Procrastination

<p>Marcus Aurelius never claimed to be a Stoic.</p><p>Gregory Hays, one of Marcus Aurelius’s best translators (the one we worked with on <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/meditations" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">our beautiful premium edition)</a>, writes, “If he had to be identified with a particular school, [Stoicism] is surely the one he would have chosen. Yet I suspect that if asked what it was that he studied, his answer would not have been ‘Stoicism’ but simply ‘philosophy.’”</p><p>---</p><p>And with today's meditation from&nbsp;<a href="https://geni.us/40jUiA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Daily Stoic Journal</em></a>,<em> </em>Ryan discusses why Marcus Aurelius viewed procrastination as a form of arrogance.</p><p>✉️ 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, including the <a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/pages/meditations" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Premium Leather Edition of <em>Meditations</em></a>.</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="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener