{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Dying Every Day (Stoic Meditations)","title":"Day 134: The (Stoic) Discipline of Delay | Dying Every Day","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/0bb86696\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":532,"description":"📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe\n\nWelcome back to Dying Every Day. This is Day 134.\n\nWe've all been there, someone interrupts you mid-sentence. The moment is small, almost forgettable—yet something tightens inside. A warmth in the chest. A quiet bracing in the jaw. The urge to correct, to defend, to be seen as right.\n\nIt all happens before a single clear thought forms. And already, a choice is waiting to be made.\nThis is the moment Seneca is speaking about. Anger enters the body before it reaches the mind. The breath shortens. The muscles tense up. A story starts to form rapidly: “They disrespected me. This is unfair. I must respond.” Before we fully realize it, the moment feels charged with necessity. Action feels urgent. Silence feels like surrender.\n\n---\n \n 🖇️ Stay Connected: \nNewsletter: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/perennialmeditations/\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PerennialMeditations\n---\n \n 🦉 Additional Resources: \nPerennial Meditations archive: https://perennial.substack.com/archive\nListen to more podcasts: https://www.perennialleader.com/podcasts","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ZXakSCMxFHH1oG3VgdUsG44cgfMs_Sd_Ny4UbaxvH-U/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81MGM0/NjFhZGE3ZDI1MjZj/ZmJkMzEwNjQ1NGI3/YTRkMy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}