May 24th MAKING YOUR OWN GOOD FORTUNE “You say, good fortune used to meet you at every corner. But the fortunate person is the one who gives themselves a good fortune. And good fortunes are a well-tuned soul, good impulses and good actions.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.36

May 23rd SHOW ME HOW TO LIVE “Show me that the good life doesn’t consist in its length, but in its use, and that it is possible—no, entirely too common—for a person who has had a long life to have lived too little.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 49.10b

Low key jealous everyone in Miami #bitcoin

May 20th QUALITY OVER QUANTITY “What’s the point of having countless books and libraries, whose titles could hardly be read through in a lifetime. The learner is not taught, but burdened by the sheer volume, and it’s better to plant the seeds of a few authors than to be scattered about by many.” —SENECA, ON TRANQUILITY OF MIND, 9.4

Had to bite the bullet and sell my daily watch to finish a house renovation… but having that money sitting in my bank now all I want to do it snap up #bitcoin

May 19th LEARN, PRACTICE, TRAIN “That’s why the philosophers warn us not to be satisfied with mere learning, but to add practice and then training. For as time passes we forget what we learned and end up doing the opposite, and hold opinions the opposite of what we should.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.9.13–14

May 17th THE STOIC IS A WORK IN PROGRESS “Show me someone sick and happy, in danger and happy, dying and happy, exiled and happy, disgraced and happy. Show me! By God, how much I’d like to see a Stoic. But since you can’t show me someone that perfectly formed, at least show me someone actively forming themselves so, inclined in this way. . . . Show me!” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.19.24–25a, 28

May 16th THE CHAIN METHOD “If you don’t wish to be a hot-head, don’t feed your habit. Try as a first step to remain calm and count the days you haven’t been angry. I used to be angry every day, now every other day, then every third or fourth . . . if you make it as far as 30 days, thank God! For habit is first weakened and then obliterated. When you can say ‘I didn’t lose my temper today, or the next day, or for three or four months, but kept my cool under provocation,’ you will know you are in better health.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.18.11b–14

Simple… not your keys, not your coins 🫠 View quoted note →

May 12th KINDNESS IS ALWAYS THE RIGHT RESPONSE “Kindness is invincible, but only when it’s sincere, with no hypocrisy or faking. For what can even the most malicious person do if you keep showing kindness and, if given the chance, you gently point out where they went wrong—right as they are trying to harm you?” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 11.18.5.9a

Decent explanation / theory of the high fees recently by #[0]​ 👏 Disclaimer, I am very un-technical and is something I am working on so feel free to educate if I have shit wrong. I selfishly think that ordinals are clogging up the mempool, but not entirely against them. If they were more like lightning and the bulk of their transactions were able to be done off chain then every so often an onchain transaction was broadcasted, I feel ordinals would be better for the space. But, unfortunately at the moment, I feel that they are hindering and getting in the way of people who actually NEED to use #bitcoin on a daily basis. I am lucky, or unlucky depending on how you want to look at it, that I am able to get by using fiat for my day to day usage and use #bitcoin more as savings or future store of value. End of rant 🫠

May 10th DON’T BE INSPIRED, BE INSPIRATIONAL “Let us also produce some bold act of our own—and join the ranks of the most emulated.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 98.13b

May 9th CARPE DIEM “Let us therefore set out whole-heartedly, leaving aside our many distractions and exert ourselves in this single purpose, before we realize too late the swift and unstoppable flight of time and are left behind. As each day arises, welcome it as the very best day of all, and make it your own possession. We must seize what flees.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 108.27b–28a

May 8th GOOD AND EVIL? LOOK AT YOUR CHOICES “Where is Good? In our reasoned choices. Where is Evil? In our reasoned choices. Where is that which is neither Good nor Evil? In the things outside of our own reasoned choice.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.16.1

Well I must say Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 doesn’t half pull on some heart strings

May 7th HOW TO HAVE A GOOD DAY “God laid down this law, saying: if you want some good, get it from yourself.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 1.29.4

May 6th RIGHTEOUSNESS IS BEAUTIFUL “Then what makes a beautiful human being? Isn’t it the presence of human excellence? Young friend, if you wish to be beautiful, then work diligently at human excellence. And what is that? Observe those whom you praise without prejudice. The just or the unjust? The just. The even-tempered or the undisciplined? The even-tempered. The self- controlled or the uncontrolled? The self-controlled. In making yourself that kind of person, you will become beautiful—but to the extent you ignore these qualities, you’ll be ugly, even if you use every trick in the book to appear beautiful.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.1.6b–9

May 5th YOU ARE THE PROJECT “The raw material for the work of a good and excellent person is their own guiding reason, the body is that of the doctor and the physical trainer, and the farm the farmer’s.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.3.1

Been having a play around with Cashu… it genuinely feels like magic 🤨 #[0]

May 1st MAKE CHARACTER YOUR LOUDEST STATEMENT “For philosophy doesn’t consist in outward display, but in taking heed to what is needed and being mindful of it.” —MUSONIUS RUFUS, LECTURES, 16.75.15–16