{"id":10169,"date":"2020-12-14T19:28:37","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T00:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/?p=10169"},"modified":"2020-12-14T19:28:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T00:28:37","slug":"you-have-to-be-willing-to-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailystoic.com\/you-have-to-be-willing-to-change\/","title":{"rendered":"You Have to Be Willing to Change"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve been this way for a while. We are set in our ways. We\u2019ve always had <\/span>a short fuse<\/span><\/a>. We\u2019ve always been sad about our childhood. We\u2019ve always had trouble with our eating. We\u2019ve never been much good at being faithful.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe you have a mean streak. Maybe you\u2019re too timid. Maybe you don\u2019t like to try very hard. Maybe you don\u2019t think you\u2019re good enough.<\/span><\/p>\n

How\u2019s that working out for you? Why keep going down a road that leads nowhere?<\/span><\/p>\n

Marcus Aurelius talks about how crazy it is that we just go on staying the same person we\u2019ve always been\u2014how we just \u201ckeep being mauled and degraded\u201d by the life we\u2019re living. And for what? It\u2019s not even pleasurable. It\u2019s not even getting us what we want.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A person who can\u2019t change, who refused to change, he says are \u201clike those animal fighters at the games\u2014torn half to pieces, covered in blood and gore, and still pleasing to be held over till tomorrow\u2026 to be bitten and clawed again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The definition of insanity, they say, is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. There is nothing sadder than a person who can\u2019t grow, who cannot turn over a new leaf, who cannot take a leap of faith forward, into the dark.<\/span><\/p>\n

You have to be willing to change. You must change. You must get better.<\/span><\/p>\n

Not later, not eventually, but <\/span>now.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Why not start 2021 by actually taking the steps to create a better life? To actively step toward being the person you know you can be?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s why we created the <\/span>New Year, New You Challenge<\/i><\/b><\/a>. It\u2019s a set of 21 actionable challenges\u2014presented one per day\u2014built around the best, most timeless wisdom in Stoic philosophy. Our goal is to help you make 2021 your best year yet.<\/span><\/p>\n

Every year\u2014this year right in front of you\u2014can be the most important year of your life. The one where you become your best, most creative, most centered, most self-reliant and resilient self. But you have to be willing to change.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Our <\/span>New Year, New You Challenge<\/i><\/b><\/a> is all-new content, guided by thousands of responses and reactions to our previous challenges, courses, videos, and emails. It\u2019s a whole new challenge based on painstaking research and timeless science, for an all-new, life changing experience.<\/span><\/p>\n

The challenge is<\/span> designed to help you:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n