Missing a day is not a moral failure
Do not be ashamed to be helped.
You may have noticed there was no Stoic Brekkie on Monday.
That wasn’t a test. No hidden lesson. I just missed it.
And here’s the important part: nothing bad happened.
The sun came up. Your character didn’t erode. Stoicism did not revoke your membership card. Which is worth pointing out, because our minds love to turn small slips into dramatic narratives.
“I missed a day” quietly becomes “I’m bad at consistency,” which becomes “Why bother at all?”
Stoicism doesn’t play that game.
Life is not a streak. It’s a practice. You don’t fail the practice by being human—you fail it by refusing to return.
So we’re back. Calmly. Without apology tours or self-flagellation. Just continuing where we are.
That’s the move. Always.
Stay hungry. Stay wise. Eat brekkie.
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