That’s What It’s Made For | Ask Daily Stoic

Welcome to the daily stoic podcast, where each day we bring you a stoic inspired meditation designed to help you find strength and insight and wisdom into everyday life. Each one of these episodes is based on the 2,000 year old philosophy that has guided some of history's greatest men and women, help you learn from them, to follow in their example, and to start your day off with a little dose of courage and discipline and justice and wisdom. For more, visit dailystoic.com. That's what it's made for. You probably wish you didn't have to, and, of course, you didn't want it to happen. It would be nicer if things went as planned. But one thing we know about life is that this is just how it goes. Accidents, disasters, difficult periods, challenging situations. Well, as we've said before, this is what we trained for. This is the whole point of stoicism. There's a great line in a Nathaniel Rateliff song about this. Let me let me play it for you real fast. Lean and use your weight. That's what a shoulder's made for. Lean and use your weight. That's what a shoulder's made for. Adversity and difficulty is what you are for. It's certainly what stoicism is for. These lessons were tried and tested in the furnace of history. They were subjected to tyrants and exile, plagues and wars, imprisonment and health crises, temptations and trials. And now now is your chance to apply them, to use them. You've got the shoulders. You are standing on shoulders of generations of stoics who came before. Lean and use your weight. Carry the weight. Support for this show comes from Fundrise. Look. Investing in companies already in the S and P 500 can sometimes feel like you're being served someone else's leftovers. Could still be a good meal, but it's hard not to imagine what that food tasted like when it was fresh. You know, historically, it's only VC investors and, you know, insiders and hedge fund managers and stuff who had access to the best companies in the world before the public did. One of the things you find out when you get money is that, you know, there's certain things that are available to you that weren't available to you before and aren't available to most people. Well, Fundrise is completely upending that dynamic with a new venture capital product with just a $10 minimum investment. Fundrise's mission is to give everyone the access required to invest in the best tech and AI companies before they go public. Just visit fundrise.com/dailystoke to check out Fundrise's venture portfolio and start investing in minutes. Obviously, all investments involve risk, including the potential loss of principal. Past performance is not indicative of future results, and this is a paid advertisement. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. I actually just finished my online therapy session just a few minutes ago. The year is coming to an end. I guess I could have …