I will check it out. I remember reading some of his stuff back in the early 2000s.
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Update
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Change of plans regarding working out. I’m going to start DDP Yoga here on Monday November 27th. Being an older guy I really want to work on my mobility and flexibility
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I’m probably progressing more than I ever have
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reading your journal is like reading success stories of my old good friend. it makes me smile and be glad of your progress. it’s so cool that SC forum unites individuals of various ages 
my best wishes, sir
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Thank you so much. I feel the same way every time I read something you have posted. I have heard people say that online friends aren’t real. I very much disagree
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New reading
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Just grabbed it on Kindle Unlimited. Thanks.
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The more I read about stoicism the more it makes me think of The 48 Laws of Power. Considering PCC in the future
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If you haven’t yet, check out Ryan Holiday’s books on it. There are a few now. He’s done well to shine light on the philosophy.
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I follow Daily Stoic. I an going to get The Obstacle is the Way. I love his YouTube channel
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Coding soundtrack
I don’t feel so bad anymore about how some things in my life turned out or the people I used to miss but don’t feel that way now. I have no idea what I would say to some of them anyway.
I thought calling my father the other day would be a good idea but now it just feels like I was trying to cling to something that’s been gone for a long time. Maybe that’s the path to healing and letting go. All these regrets. For what? Would it really change anything for better if things had gone differently?
I feel that in some ways for the last few decades I have been living in a constant state of wishing things had been different. That I would have changed something or acted differently. It wouldn’t have mattered because the same outcome would have happened eventually anyway.
I beat myself up mentally and emotionally over so much. Not understanding that all of the anger and depression I was feeling and projecting was pointless. I would have been miserable either way. I’m not sure anything would have changed that until I did the work necessary to find out why I felt the way I did or came to how I feel now.
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Dragging today but still getting things done. Ran the New QL St 1 yesterday. I did a full loop. I’m going to knock down the loops on my titles to three minutes each for now and see how that goes. Still not really watching television although I did watch a little bit of Disenchantment on Netflix last night. Doing more reading. It’s always funny to me to see anything Matt Groening does because I always think back to when I first saw his comic strip Life in Hell
Minneapolis used to have a weekly paper called City Pages. That’s where I would usually find out about upcoming concerts prior to the internet. His comic was always close to the back where the adult and 900 numbers were advertised. I miss that paper. They did a lot of really cool essays . Was also a cool way to find out about other events and restaurants or whatever going on.
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Something I feel Emperor and definitely QL has triggered is how much more observant I am of things around me. That will probably increase quite a bit once I get glasses after my eye surgery.
I don’t know if it’s just being conscious of how much things change and how rapidly but I find myself curious how I can grow with these changes rather than fight against them as I have in the past.
This also goes back to an earlier post about wishing I could go back and fix various things and situations in my past. I must be growing because not only does it feel unnecessary but I feel that if I did I could very easily have lost who I am now and what I am becoming. I’m not sure I would be OK with that.
Something else is I feel that at times I am seeing glimpses of how people really are. What I mean is that I know people that I have to deal with both for work and in my current living environment that try to portray a certain image but really aren’t that way at all. I feel that I allowed myself to be willfully oblivious to people’s true intentions because I wanted to think the best of someone. I should have known after decades of trying to heal any relationship with my biological parents that thinking that way is futile.
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Similar situation. I still haven’t talked about what happened in my journal, the wounds haven’t healed completely, but I’ve had some similar realizations.
That said, I don’t want to live an angry or brooding life, it’s too short, I owe it to myself to make the most out of myself and whatever time I have left in this world.
I want to enjoy life being the best I could be, achieving my dreams, enjoying the best life has to offer and spending my time going on adventures, trips, having excellent meals and enjoying the best experiences with my loved ones.
Stay the course brother 
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