Creating the Ultimate Stoic Routine: Work Rituals (2)

Part two of the series on building a Stoic daily routine, this time on the hours you actually work. Whether your work is a job, a creative project, or something like training martial arts, the aim is the same: turn it into something you do with intention rather than just grind through.

I walk through a six-point pre-work ritual drawn from John Yates' The Mind Illuminated (motivation, goals, expectations, diligence, distractions, environment), why finding genuine enjoyment in the process makes it sustainable, and the idea of a performance statement to catch yourself when you drift. Then there is treating the work itself as a kind of meditation, a short post-work reflection on what went well, the EAR framework (empathy, assertiveness, respect) for working with other people, and premeditation of adversity in the Marcus Aurelius mould.

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