[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":59},["ShallowReactive",2],{"stoicism-article-12/15":3},{"path":4,"stem":5,"title":6,"description":7,"meta":8,"body":23},"/stoicism/12/15","stoicism/12/15","A Simple Way To Measure Our Days","Meditation for December 15, 2021",{"quotes":9,"last_updated_at":15,"tags":16,"categories":19,"changeFreq":21,"backgroundImage":22},[10],{"quote":11},{"content":12,"author":13,"source":14},"This is the mark of perfection of character—to spend each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, laziness, or any pretending.","Marcus Aurelius","Meditations, 7.69","2021-12-15T07:50:00",[17,18],"stoicism","mortality",[20,17],"meditation","never","/IMG_B78DC4AC4E9F.jpg",{"type":24,"value":25,"toc":53},"minimark",[26,34,37,40,45],[27,28,29,30,33],"p",{},"No person can be perfect, and the Stoics were aware of this. The Stoics believed that although we are not capable of",[31,32],"br",{},"\nreaching a state of perfection, we should not stop trying to reach perfection. After all, there is so much to gain by\ntrying to live a more perfect life.",[27,35,36],{},"The philosophy reminds me a little about a mental exercise to kill your clone. Imagine every day we spin off a clone\nof ourselves and within twenty-four hours, we are forced to battle to the death with our clone. In order to defeat our\nclone we only need to have improved ourselves a small fraction more than our clone has for the day.",[27,38,39],{},"The point is, each day we should focus on trying to be a better version of the person we were a day ago.",[41,42,44],"h3",{"id":43},"conclusion","Conclusion",[27,46,47,48,52],{},"If we were to assume that today was our last day, how long could we stay true to perfection within our ",[49,50,51],"em",{},"ethos","? Could\nwe embody this completeness for the entire day? A few hours? What if our life depended upon improving ourselves even\njust a small amount. We can't be perfect, but we can be better. Just trying was enough for the Stoics, and that should\nbe well enough for us too.",{"title":54,"searchDepth":55,"depth":55,"links":56},"",2,[57],{"id":43,"depth":58,"text":44},3,1793716908959]