Stoic-journal: 10 skriveoplæg og øvelser
10 morgen- og aftenprompter · en 7-dages plan · print eller gem som PDF
Stoic journal prompts taken from the Stoics themselves: Marcus Aurelius's Meditations, Epictetus's Enchiridion and Golden Sayings, and Seneca's On Benefits. Each idea comes with a morning question to prepare the day, an evening question to review it and one exercise to try, plus a 7-day plan and a printable version. Every book has its own full journal, linked below.
Sådan bruger du denne dagbog
- MorgenLæs én idé, og besvar morgenprompten, før dagen begynder. To eller tre linjer er nok.
- AftenBesvar aftenprompten, inden du går i seng: Hvad skete der, hvad gjorde du, og hvad vil du gøre næste gang?
- Prøv i dagEn lille øvelse, der hjælper dig med at bruge idéen i løbet af dagen.
En 7-dages plan
Separate your choices from everything else
Before each worry today, ask: is this up to me? If not, set it down for now.
Dag 2Separate facts from added judgments
When something stings today, say the plain fact to yourself before you react.
Dag 3Prepare for others without becoming angry
Before your first meeting or message, name one difficult person and decide your calm reply in advance.
Dag 4Give the present your full attention
Do one ordinary task, a meal, a walk or an email, with no phone and no second task.
Dag 5Every act strengthens a habit
Mark today on a calendar if you get through it without anger, and aim for a row of marks.
Dag 6Choose the handle you can bear
Take one grievance and write down the other handle: what else is true about this person?
Dag 7Make your response the work
Pick one problem you are facing and finish this sentence: 'This is a chance to practise ...'
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10 idéer, hver med prompts
1. Separate your choices from everything else
Fra The Enchiridion by Epictetus
Your opinions, intentions, desires and aversions are yours. Your body, possessions, reputation and position are not fully yours to command, and mixing the two makes your peace depend on things that can fail you.
- Morgen
- What do I want today that depends on other people or on luck?
- Aften
- Where did I spend effort today on something that was never mine to control?
- Prøv i dag
- Before each worry today, ask: is this up to me? If not, set it down for now.
2. Separate facts from added judgments
Fra Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Someone speaks badly of you: that is the fact. Deciding that you have been harmed is a judgment you add. Marcus stays with the plain first impression and questions the verdict.
- Morgen
- What am I already telling myself about today that may not be true?
- Aften
- What upset me today? Write the bare fact in one line, then the story I added to it.
- Prøv i dag
- When something stings today, say the plain fact to yourself before you react.
3. Prepare for others without becoming angry
Fra Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Marcus tells himself each morning that he will meet rude, ungrateful and envious people. Expecting it keeps him from being surprised, and remembering that they act from mistaken ideas keeps him from hating them.
- Morgen
- Who might test my patience today, and how do I want to answer them?
- Aften
- When someone annoyed me today, what did they think they were gaining?
- Prøv i dag
- Before your first meeting or message, name one difficult person and decide your calm reply in advance.
4. Give the present your full attention
Fra Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Marcus reminds himself that time is limited and that only the present moment is truly lived. Each task deserves care, as if it were the last one he would do.
- Morgen
- What is the one task today that deserves my full attention?
- Aften
- What did I put off today, and what did that cost me?
- Prøv i dag
- Do one ordinary task, a meal, a walk or an email, with no phone and no second task.
5. Every act strengthens a habit
Fra The Golden Sayings of Epictetus
Each time you give in to anger, you feed the habit. Goodness needs practice, like carpentry or steering a ship.
- Morgen
- Which small act today will strengthen a good habit?
- Aften
- Which habit did I feed today, for better or worse?
- Prøv i dag
- Mark today on a calendar if you get through it without anger, and aim for a row of marks.
6. Choose the handle you can bear
Fra The Golden Sayings of Epictetus
Every situation has two handles. Grab a brother's wrong by the injustice and it is unbearable; grab it by 'he is my brother' and you can carry it.
- Morgen
- Which situation today have I been picking up by the wrong handle?
- Aften
- Did I pick up today's troubles by the handle I could carry?
- Prøv i dag
- Take one grievance and write down the other handle: what else is true about this person?
7. Consider the price before feeling envy
Fra The Enchiridion by Epictetus
If someone bought lettuces and you kept your coin, you each have something. Others may win praise or invitations by paying a price you refused, and you kept your freedom.
- Morgen
- Whose life or success am I tempted to envy today?
- Aften
- What price did that person pay that I chose not to pay?
- Prøv i dag
- When you feel envy today, write down the price the other person paid and whether you would pay it.
8. Make your response the work
Fra Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Marcus treats setbacks like a doctor's orders: unwelcome, yet material to work with. What happens is outside his control; how he answers it is his job.
- Morgen
- What obstacle can I expect today, and what could it train in me?
- Aften
- What went wrong today, and what did I make of it?
- Prøv i dag
- Pick one problem you are facing and finish this sentence: 'This is a chance to practise ...'
9. Hold what you love as borrowed
Life is a voyage: you may gather things and form attachments on shore, but be ready to return to the ship when called. What you love is lent, not owned.
- Morgen
- What would I miss most if it were gone tomorrow?
- Aften
- Did I enjoy what I have today, or only worry about losing it?
- Prøv i dag
- Spend ten minutes today fully with a person or a thing you love, with no worry about tomorrow.
10. Give without keeping accounts
Seneca asks givers to look at their own part in ingratitude: careless choices, delays, grumbling and hints of repayment. A gift should not work like a loan.
- Morgen
- Whom can I help today without expecting anything back?
- Aften
- Did I keep score today on anything I gave?
- Prøv i dag
- Do one kind thing today for someone who cannot repay you.
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