Day 143: You Already Know This. So Why Doesn't It Work? | Dying Every Day
Apr 22, 2026•14 min•Ep. 143
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Welcome back to Dying Every Day. This is Day 143.
Why is it that we can fully grasp the dichotomy of control—know exactly where the line lies and what belongs to us and what doesn't—and still find ourselves reaching across it?
Today, we’re revisiting one of Stoicism's most essential ideas, this time with Epictetus as our guide and a little help from Buddhist philosophy, to hopefully answer that question once and for all. [...]
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