We successfully held our first meetup of my newsletter subscribers, with over 40 attendees. Thank you for coming and spending time together.
The picture above doesn't include everyone as we forgot to take a proper group picture. My absolute gratitude for our collective meditation and the debate about the difficulties of being a person of virtue in today's world. It takes true effort to be a modern stoic and I salute all of you. Let's improve together.
Only one woman showed up, which was disappointing (thank you, Isa!). I hope we have more diversity in future gatherings.
As agreed, all the proceeds were donated to Mansão do Caminho, a Spiritist center located in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
An important realization that happened this week: what happens when you go at life with 110% intensity all the time? You will most likely crash and burn.
I learned to embrace Stoicism, since its principles of living have helped me become a better person capable of enduring the hardest challenges in life.
“When you and your opponent are engaged in combat which is dragging on with no end in sight, it is crucial that you should [...]"
