MAMARCUS AURELIUSPRACTICAL STOICISM · DAILY DISCIPLINE Ask Marcus

Field method from the Emperor's Notebook · 3–4 min

Borrowed Character

Name the resource of character this hardship asks you to use.

This leaf names the pressure, preserves the exact ancient source, and shows the sequence before you enter it privately.

Use when: setback, hardship, decision

Open the App
PurposeSee when this exercise is useful.
SourceCheck the exact primary-text locator.
ActivityFollow the guided steps in the app.

The sequence

How this field method proceeds

  1. 1
    Name the situation

    What hardship are you meeting?

  2. 2
    Make a choice

    Which quality meets it?

  3. 3
    Record what you notice

    Think of someone you would praise for meeting this well. What would they do?

  4. 4
    Choose the next action

    What will that virtue look like in one action?