{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Dying Every Day (Stoicism in a Year)","title":"Day 145: Why You React Before You Think—And What to Do About It | Dying Every Day ","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/c79188d1\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":724,"description":"📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe\nWelcome back to Dying Every Day. This is Day 145.\nEpictetus identified three key disciplines: desire, action, and assent, with assent being the most crucial. He described assent as the mind’s act of accepting an impression—saying yes to it, recognizing it as real and meaningful, and responding accordingly.\nEvery moment, impressions arrive. Not the dramatic ones—those are easy to see coming. The ones that test the discipline are smaller and faster. [...]\n--- \n 🖇️ Stay Connected: Newsletter: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/perennialmeditations/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PerennialMeditations---\n \n 🦉 Additional Resources: Perennial Meditations archive: https://perennial.substack.com/archiveListen to more podcasts: https://www.perennialleader.com/podcasts","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/i2NOLOL_psGvTh1mYAB9Wv3hAtZpcGL8tllqKPgpNSE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xODg1/YTFjM2E1ZjMwNWNk/NDM1M2NmZWFhZTc5/ZmRlOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}