5 Daily Stoic Practises That Make Your Life Less Stressful
<p>Stress is what <a href="https://medium.com/mind-cafe/5-psychological-tricks-to-decrease-anxiety-in-your-daily-life-da53371fe605" rel="noopener">we’re all dealing with.</a></p>
<p>Our ancestors, who lived thousands of years ago, experienced vast levels of stress as an essential part of their survival.</p>
<p>However, our natural response mechanisms have not significantly evolved, despite the dramatic change in the nature of our stressors.</p>
<p>No longer are we under the constant threat of enormous predatory lions and bears, our lives hanging in the balance — instead, the root of our modern anxiety can often be traced back to something as innocuous as a phone call.</p>
<p><strong>Stoicism helps.</strong></p>
<p>Originating from Greece in the 3rd century BC, Stoicism instructs us on rationality and emotional fortitude.</p>
<p>In this article, I’ll try to share 5 of the best daily Stoic practices to <em>unstress your life.</em></p>
<h1>1 — Practise the worst-case scenario</h1>
<p>One way to reduce our fear of the unknown is to <a href="https://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/-worst-case-scenario-exercise" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">practice the worst-case scenario.</a></p>
<p>This means imagining the worst thing that could happen in a given situation, and then asking ourselves if we can actually cope with it.</p>
<p>For example, if you’re feeling stressed about a job interview, you could imagine the worst-case scenario: you could bomb the interview, not get the job, and be out of work.</p>
<p>But then ask yourself, can you actually cope with that? Can you find another job? Can you survive on savings for a while?</p>
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