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 practicing stoicism
I will end this book by sharing some of
the insights I have gained in my
practice of Stoicism in particular I
will offer advice on how individuals
wishing to try stoicism as their
philosophy of life can derive the
maximum benefit from the trial with the
minimum effort and frustration I will
also describe some of the surprises as
well as some of the delights that lie in
store for would-be Stoics the first tip
I would offer to those wishing to give
stoicism a try is to practice what I
have referred to as stealth stoicism you
would do well I think to keep it a
secret that you are a practicing stoic
this would have been my own strategy had
I not taken it upon myself to become a
teacher of stoicism by practicing
stoicism stealthily you can gain its
benefits while avoiding one significant
cost the teasing an outright mockery of
your friends relatives neighbors and
coworkers it is I should add quite easy
to practice stoicism on the sly you can
for example engage in negative
visualization without anyone being the
wiser if your practice of stoicism is
successful friends relatives neighbors
and coworkers might notice the
difference in you a change for the
better but they will probably be
hard-pressed to explain the
transformation if they come to you
perplexed and ask what your secret is
you might choose to reveal the sordid
truth to them that you are a closet
stoic my next piece of advice for
would-be Stoics is not to try to master
all the stoic techniques at once but to
start with one technique and having
become proficient in it go on to another
and a good technique to start with I
think is negative visualization at spare
moments in the day make it a point to
contemplate the loss of whatever you
value in life engaging in such
contemplation can produce a dramatic
transformation in your outlook on life
it can make you realize if only for a
time how lucky you are how much you have
to be thankful for almost regardless of
your circumstances it is my experience
that
negative visualization is to daily
living as salt is to cooking although it
requires minimal time energy and talent
for a cook to add salt to food the taste
of almost any food he adds it to will be
enhanced as a result in much the same
way although practicing negative
visualization requires minimal time
energy and talent those who practice it
will find that their capacity to enjoy
life is significantly enhanced you might
find yourself after engaging in negative
visualization embracing the very life
that a short time before you had
complained wasn't worth living one thing
I have discovered though in my practice
of stoicism is that it is easy to forget
to engage in negative visualization and
as a result to go for days or even weeks
without having visualized I think I know
why this happens by engaging negative
visualization we increase our
satisfaction with our circumstances but
on gaining the sense of satisfaction the
natural thing to do is simply enjoy life
indeed it is decidedly unnatural for
someone who is satisfied with life to
spend time thinking about the bad things
that can happen
the Stoics however would remind us that
negative visualization besides making us
appreciate what we have can help us
avoid clinging to the things we
appreciate consequently it is as
important to engage in negative
visualization when times are good as it
is when times are bad I tried making it
my practice to engage in negative
visualization each night at bedtime as a
part of the bedtime meditation described
back in chapter 8
but the experiment failed my problem is
that I tend to fall asleep remarkably
fast after my head hits the pillow there
simply isn't time to visualize I have
instead made it my practice to engage in
negative visualization and more
generally to assess my progress as a
stoic while driving to work by doing
this I transform idle time into time
well-spent
after mastering negative visualization a
novice stoic should move on to become
proficient in applying the trichotomy of
control described in chapter 5 according
to the Stoics we should perform a kind
of triage in which we distinguish
between things we have no control over
things we have complete control over and
things we have some but not complete
control over and having made this
distinction we should focus our
attention on the last two categories in
particular we waste our time and cause
ourselves needless anxiety if we concern
ourselves with things over which we have
no control I have discovered by the way
that applying the trichotomy of control
besides helping me manage my own
anxieties is an effective technique for
allowing the anxieties of the non Stoics
around me which anxieties might
otherwise disrupt my tranquility when
relatives and friends share with me the
sources of anxiety in their lives it
often turns out that the things they are
worried about are beyond their control
my response to such cases is to point
this out to them what can you do about
this situation nothing then why are you
worrying about it it is out of your
hands so it is pointless to worry and if
I am in the mood I follow this last
comment with a quotation from Marcus
Aurelius nothing is worth doing
pointlessly it is interesting that even
though some of the people I have tried
this on can charitably be described as
anxiety prone they almost always respond
to the logic of the trichotomy of
control their anxiety is dispelled if
only for a time as a stoic novice you
will want as part of becoming proficient
in applying the trichotomy of control to
practice internalizing your goals