The Humbling Lessons of Farming and Stoicism

It would be nice to be a comedian, wouldn’t it? Not because it might make you rich and famous, though that would be nice. But rather, for the opportunity it would afford to turn all the things that bother you in life into material.

Talk about the obstacle being the way! Comedians get to use everything that happens to them in their life, in their work. Heartbreak. Frustration. Fear. Insecurity. Confusion. It all becomes material.

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In today's Ask Daily Stoic, Ryan answers questions about living on a farm, and how farm life relates to Stoicism.

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