I’m going through an 8/10 stress event at work. It has been going for about a week.
I don’t know how it will turn out: total black pill is what is most probable, I think, but . . . .
I’m calm.
I am tired and there is oh so much to do, so many decisions to make, so much unexpected expense. I’m calm.
The Stoic philosophy is powerful. I know what’s in my control and what isn’t. I know that action is essential. I know to run straight at the problem, without hesitation.
And I know that the situation is not of my making and the resolution will be what it will be. Yet the actions I take will determine the resolution.
This didn’t come from the Stoics alone. They are just the latest of my teachers.
The hardest part of this? Fatigue. So many thoughts in my head. Data, assumptions, if/then calculations for actions I could take. It’s exhausting.
But emotions? I’m good. I have equilibrium.