You're tired. You're busy. It looks like it's going to rain. It would be easier to stay home… It's not going to be fun. It's not a big deal.
It's the perfect excuse.
Unless, of course, you are disciplined. Because discipline means doing it anyway.
"Just that you do the right thing,"Marcus Aurelius writes in Meditations. "The rest doesn't matter. Cold or warm. Tired or well-rested. Despised or honored."
That's what makes the virtue—indeed any virtue, but especially discipline—so impressive. When the person does it anyway, does what they need to do anyway.
Even though it's going to be rough. Even though it might not make a big difference. Even though no one will notice.
And we're all capable of this self-discipline. You just have to choose to do it. You have to decide that, right now, things are going to be different—and that this is the time you're going to stop waiting for life to change and take control.
The New Year has been a little disruptive for a lot of us so far. Maybe some of your plans, some of your resolutions, got thrown sideways. Maybe you and your family got sick. Maybe you came back late from a trip, maybe this was actually the busiest time of the year for you, and only now are things finally slowing down.
So here at Daily Stoic, we decided that we're going to have another go at the 2026 Daily Stoic New Year, New You Challenge. We did it all as a group for the first 21 days of the year, but some of us fell off, some of us got interrupted…life got in the way.
It's not too late for you to join us for the 2026 New Year, New You Challenge. You're not behind; you can still get everything that goes with it. We've had some absolute rave reviews of the first session, and I'm going to be doing it again myself.
If you want to join us—and thousands of Stoics all over the world—well, let's do it. You can sign up right now and start right away at dailystoic.com/challenge.
And if you're thinking about joining Daily Stoic Life, this is a great time because you get all the challenges for free as part of being a Daily Stoic Life member. Head here to sign up. Let's not write the year off just yet. Let's get after it. I'll see you in there.
"Daily Stoic Life member here—this will be my 4th New Year New You Challenge. It gets better & better each year! Ready to do this. Let's crush this!" –T. Choman
"NYNY surpassed my expectations and really got me back on track … It really was just what I needed to get momentum back into my life!" –Rena W.
"This is my second year of the NYNY challenge. The routines I developed through last year's course have changed my life and I am grateful for a happier, more fulfilled life with greater inner peace." –Michael M.
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