Peak Stoic 08 - Work

Issue 8 of Peak Stoic. A 30-day Stoic practice journal on work: why we do it, how to do it well, choosing the right work, and rest. Each day gives you one passage from Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus or Seneca in a public-domain translation, checked word for word against the source, with a short note, a morning question, one practice to try, and a full page for the evening review.

Each week opens with a short essay and a worksheet: who my work serves, the craft log, Seneca’s three questions for fitting the work to the worker, and rest that restores. Three portraits of work: Cleanthes, who drew water at night to study by day; Lucilius, the busy official Seneca wrote to; and Asinius Pollio, who did no business after the tenth hour.

56 full-color, saddle-stitched pages that lie flat for writing, illustrated with photographs from Ephesus, Aphrodisias, Hierapolis and Selçuk. For any kind of work, paid or unpaid. No earlier issues needed.