Stop Fighting the Uncontrollable

Most people are exhausted because they are fighting a war they can’t win.

We spend our days worrying about the weather, the traffic, the economy,

or the opinions of people who don’t even know us. We treat these things as if our willpower

could change them. It can’t. In Stoicism, this is the Dichotomy of Control.

It is the razor-sharp line between what belongs to you and what does not. Your stress doesn't

come from your problems. It comes from the mistake of trying to control the uncontrollable. When you negotiate

with reality, you lose every single time. You cannot bargain with the past,

and you cannot dictate the future. The only things you truly own are your own thoughts,