[dot_treo]

In the past I've been trying to adopt the stoic mindset, but always struggled. But I continued to read and learn about it.

Unrelatedly, I came across a recomendation for David Burns "Feeling Good" here on hackernews a couple of years ago.

Reading it with my interest in stoicism in mind, I honestly found it to be probably the best modern day handbook to actually adopting the stoic mindset - without ever mentioning it.

As far as I understand stoicism, it is all about seeing things as they are, and understanding that the only thing that we really control is our reaction / interpretation of events. And the CBT approach that is explained in Feeling Good/Feeling Great is exactly how you do this.

With this perspective Marcus Aurelius Meditations suddenly make a lot more sense. They are his therapy homework.

[maxverse]

If anyone Googles it and is wondering about Feeling Good (1999) and Feeling Great (2020) by the same author, it seems like Feeling Great is just an updated version of the original book, based on more experience and new insights. Here's the author discussing the difference:

https://feelinggood.com/2020/10/26/213-from-feeling-good-to-...

[zeroonetwothree]

Love that book. It changed my life.