The Daily Stoic - You’re Always Where You Leave Yourself
Episode Date: January 17, 2024It feels like it will make a difference, that long awaited trip. That exciting new job that will keep you very busy, make you very rich. That pioneering new plant medicine. That distracting p...leasure.“Thus does each man flee himself,” Seneca says, quoting Lucretius, in his criticism of those Romans who sought out every opportunity to indulge their wanderlust. We like to think we can get away from our problems, that it will be different there, that a change of scenery will change us.✉️ Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail🏛 Check out the Daily Stoic Store for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more.📱 Follow us: Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, FacebookSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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You are always where you leave yourself.
It feels like it'll make a difference that long,
a weighted trip, that exciting new job will keep you very busy,
make you very rich, that pioneering new plant medicine,
that distracting new pleasure.
Thust does each man flee himself.
Senika says, quoting Lucretius, and his criticism
of those Romans who sought out every opportunity to indulge their wanderlust. We like to think
that we can get away from our problems. It will be different there, that a change of scenery
will change us. But does it? Not usually. And when we get back, you are always where you leave yourself,
the national sing in one of their songs,
wherever you go, there you are.
At the end of the day, you go home alone.
You go home to yourself.
We can still travel, we can still try new things,
we can still take that new job.
We just have to be realistic.
It's not going to fix us,
it's not going to solve our problems for us
because it's impossible to actually flee yourself.
You're always going to be there.
Your issues, right?
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