Stoicism for Real Life
Like Duolingo, but for Stoicism for Real Life. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
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Key ideas in Stoicism for Real Life
- Stoicism defines internal control as your own thoughts and actions
- Frustration is a signal that you are mentally fighting an unchangeable reality
- External events like reputation or nature are outside your power
- The ability to categorize life events into the two halves of the Dichotomy of Control
- The traffic itself is neutral; the desire for it to be different causes the pain
- Peace comes from only taking responsibility for the internal side
- Stoics view frustration as a 'clash' between your will and the world
- Identifying the root cause of frustration according to Stoic principles
- Events are objective facts, while 'good' and 'bad' are labels we apply
- Stoics believe our power lies in choosing the label we give to an event
- Changing your judgment of an event changes your emotional experience of it
- The 'Stoic Pause' is a tool to stop an automatic emotional reaction
- You must catch the 'impression' before it turns into a full-blown emotion
- Reasoning can only happen once you've created space from the initial spark
- The outcome is never fully in your control
- Distinguishing between an event and the judgment placed upon it
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Stoicism for Real Life the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
Imagine you are grit-toothed and fuming because a flight is delayed. What is that frustration actually telling you?
Get it right to open this lesson and 8 more in the app.
Where Stoicism for Real Life takes you
Learn to stay calm under pressure and find clarity in chaos using the practical tools of ancient Stoic philosophy.
- 1
Managing Your Reactions
- The Power of the Pivot
- 2
Building Mental Strength
- Reclaiming Your Perspective
- Living with Purpose
2 sections · 3 units · 9 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
You pick the voice
Stoicism for Real Life is taught in the The Storyteller style: every lesson is a story. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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