Don Rogers: How a Stoic tackles stress
Well, I am not taking a cold shower, OK? Other than that, pop Stoic philosopher Ryan Holiday has a perfectly sensible list of stress busters. Who can’t use that in these times? And anyone who tells me to read a book, exercise and laugh as part of a self-improvement regimen … well, yeah! I’m listening. The icy water thing, though. Just thinking of freezing that early in the morning jolts me plenty. I’d be stressed out all night. I wouldn’t get up when I get up. I don’t know Holiday, but I have a close, Kevin Bacon-like degree of separation to him through a friend in town who knew h...