| There is so much to worry about. There is so much to be stressed about. There is so much to consider, so much you have to figure out. Or so you think… Do you, actually? Like do you have to be anxious, alarmed, miserable and hopeless? Or is that a choice? We've touched on this in a few Daily Stoic emails over the years. First, that often our worries—that part of us that catastrophizes—is a bad use of our creativity. As Marcus Aurelius reminds himself, we don't have to imagine everything that could or might happen, torturing ourselves with terrifying potential outcomes (our Anxiety Medallion is a great tool here). Second, although the Stoics did believe in the idea that philosophy was about looking inward, they didn't say anything about that interior life being tumultuous or turbulent. Too many of us live in our own heads and, as a result, live in bad neighborhoods. We can be present. We can be happy. We can be confident. We can be positive. We can do this even though the world feels—and indeed looks—like it is falling apart. What we have in front of us is enough to focus on. We don't need to extrapolate. We can cross the next bridge when we come to it. We don't need to beat ourselves up…fortune will take care of that for us. For now, let's just be here. Let's do what we can. Let's stay good and stay hopeful. Let's not be sucked in or corrupted by the cruelty and darkness around us. Let's focus on the things within our control, making a difference where we can. Do the right thing, right now. Let that be enough.
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