19: Marcus Aurelius - 5 Ways To Start Your Day (Stoicism Morning Routine)

Philosophies for Life

In this episode, we will be talking about 5 ways to start your day from the morning routine of Marcus Aurelius. Marcus Aurelius was the emperor of Rome from 161 to 180 AD and is considered as the last of the Five Good Emperors. During his rule, he found the time to construct a series of autobiographical writing known as Meditations. Thanks to his prolific journaling, we have a fair idea of what his morning routine would have looked like and in this video we will be diving into 5 different things Marcus Aurelius would have done in his mornings and how we can follow or adapt that routine to our modern day lives.
So here are 5 ways to start your day from the morning routine of Marcus Aurelius -
01. Greet your mornings with gratitude
02. Practice Premeditatio Malorum
03. Practice deliberate discomfort
04. Journaling
05. Tackle The Most Important Task First
I hope you enjoyed listening to these ways to start your day from the morning routine of Marcus Aurelius and find them helpful in your life.
Even though Marcus Aurelius wrote it 2,000 years ago — his insights on Stoicism still carry strong weight today. Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens in the early 3rd century BC. Even though it is over 2000 years old, more and more people are discovering how Stoicism is not only relevant to modern times, but can be applied in very simple, yet strong ways.