Hello and welcome to Navigate the day. A daily podcast where I journal on Stoicism and kind of just break down a a writing prompt every day and a quote. So this month's theme is clarity. It is January 3rd, 2003. And the main focus is be ruthless to the things that don't matter. So I'll go ahead and jump into the Seneca quote that we have today. How many have laid waste to your life? When you weren't aware of what you were losing.How much was wasted in pointless grief, foolish joy,
greedy desire?And social amusements. How little of your own was left to you?You will realize you are dying before your time. Seneca On the brevity of life. 33B so.That right there was the quote for today and kind of breaking it down. It's just dumb, you know, It's just kind of letting us.Take a look at what we're putting our attention on and making sure that it's the right thing, that it's the important thing. So the journaling prompt for today?
Is what can I say no to so I can say yes to what matters? So that's what I kind of.Sat with today.And I read this prior to going into my 8 hour shift at work. And I don't know, my morning reflection on this was a little bit different than my afternoon reflection. And I might have gotten a little off topic here, but I'm going to go ahead and read what I got written down for today.So where can I better and more readily say no thank you to situations that aren't moving the
needle for me? The evening before today's meditation and journaling prompt, I was actually informed.That I'm no longer laid off anymore, which I I know what you're thinking. Wonderful news and and and whatnot. But however I wasn't, I just wasn't sure that I was happy with that. So the company that I work for, it's not exactly aligned with my my goals or my plans that I have.And with that being said, I obviously need income, even if that now means only working Tuesday
through Thursday. And at first I wanted to say no. Like I I wanted to say that I would be leaving immediately and that if this is my new schedule that that I'm out of here. But I'm learning that I don't have as much of A fondness of changes. I thought and I I'm just, I'm not.Vibing with it, you know.This isn't the first time the schedule has been changed or abruptly altered for me.And it probably won't be the last. As long as I'm here, they're they're still kind of new and it's just a lot of.
Not knowing what's coming next for me and I'm I'm amazingly dumbfounded by the way the world works sometimes. Like maybe I'm missing the point of it. And then if that's true, then I could see this as an opportunity, I suppose. I don't really see it that way.But. I guess I could could sit here with this as more of an opportunity than a setback. And other setbacks in my past have sent me over the edge. And it wasn't too long ago that I would have not returned.
Even when they said that I wasn't laid off like I I usually wouldn't have, or at least in the past have. Just said no thanks. Like I'm I'm gonna dip dip out if this is how you're going to.Umm. And now I'm not being like that. I'm I'm, I went in and I'm still there. And I guess you could call that
maturity. Now that I understand the cost of the things that I want, I understand that moving, removing that main source of income, however decidedly less it is now, it's still not going to be beneficial for me in the short term. So what I'm saying no to is my impulse to leave outright.While burning the bridge thoroughly, as an enjoyable as that sounds, I can't let trivial things prevent me from seeking and growing into the life I want and deserve.
As I devote more of my time to studying emotions and life design, I have to remember that I have to meet reality on realities terms. There are no skipping steps.This human condition of ours, I'm not the only one with it, and I guess I should take solace in that truth. Much as I would like to say yes to my anger, I've decided to go on this path to better deal with the trials and
tribulations that I find myself in.It's the whole reason I'm sitting here with these journaling prompts and with these quotes and learning about Stoicism in the first place.So I cannot let my superficial ideals of how I think things are should be going ruin what I already have and what I'm working on for the future, because at this point I'm working for future me. And I mean that kind of wraps up kind of where my thoughts were on this. I I'm kind of just stepping back a little
bit.And instead of letting my impulse of.I don't know, rejection or whatever it is, it's probably a little bit of fear as well. I'm I'm not going to let that ruin what I have going on right now.Thank you for tuning in to navigate the day. With your host Keegan and my various journal entries.Thank you Keegan, for listening because these really are for myself, just as a record of what I'm going through and how I'm handling my emotions so that I can go back, take a look and see how I can
handle them better in the future. So thank you and if you are joining me on this journey, thank you so much for that.Have a good one.