1
Read the passage
The day deals one passage from Marcus, Epictetus, Seneca or Musonius — the same shelf the library is cut from, not a quote scraped off the internet.
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A practice,
not a feed.
One passage a morning, one thing to attempt, and a plain question about your own mind. Under two minutes — then you put the phone down.
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The shape of it
Three small acts, once a day.
Stoic asks little and remembers everything. Open it in the morning, close it, and let the rest of the day be the practice.
2
Sit one exercise
Twelve timed practices, two to seven minutes, each drawn from a named text. A quiet timer, an optional room tone, and a step to follow.
3
Say how it went
One mood check-in and, if you want, a few lines. The month grid fills in behind you — a record of attendance, not a score.
Practice
Twelve exercises, three trainings.
Epictetus filed the work under three disciplines. So does the app — see clearly, answer well, take what comes.
Perception
See things as they really are.
Name the FactStrip the interpretation off what happened.
4 minObjective DescriptionDescribe it as a physicist would.
5 minDichotomy SortSort what is up to you from what is not.
5 minView From AboveZoom out until the thing finds its size.
5 minResponse
Answer well, once the seeing is done.
AngerWait out the swing before you answer.
2 minPatienceStand a while with what will not be hurried.
2 minHopeSet down what you are waiting on, and walk.
2 minResilienceStand two minutes with what knocked you down.
2 minAcceptance
Take what comes without arguing.
AcceptanceTake one true thing as it is.
2 minEnoughHold what you have as the whole of it.
4 minGratitudeSit under a tree you did not plant.
2 minNegative VisualizationPrepare the mind for difficulty.
7 minLibrary
Seven works. One hundred and fifty passages.
The whole corpus ships inside the app. Read it on a plane, save what lands, and the shelf opens where you left it.
MeditationsMarcus Aurelius
The EnchiridionEpictetus
DiscoursesEpictetus
Letters from a StoicSeneca
On the Shortness of LifeSeneca
On AngerSeneca
Lectures and SayingsMusonius Rufus
“Every day, a little. Not because the day demands it, but because you said you would.”The month grid · Log
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