A Sampling of Stoicism (Virtual Class) (Personal Growth Liberty Series)

This a virtual-group-supported, nine-week, independent, self-guided introductory course on modern Stoicism, a sampling from a larger 52 week course. While there is no in-person component, it requires a 20 minute reading each week, and a short (10-15 min) written reflection exercise each day. Those taking this together will share weekly any personal insights and will suppor one another’s journey, via a “Personal Growth Liberty” (PGL) group on the Signal application.

I (Dennis Pratt) feel called to this course because much of what I concern myself outside of libertarianism is virtue. When am I being courageous; when am I being proactive; when am I being kind; when am I distracting myself. Of the people I have met, the modern Stoics seem the most conscious of their actions, and I would like to be more conscious of mine.

This group is open to any porcupine or someday-maybe porcupine who wants to take the course. We’ll use the PGL Signal group to post weekly ruminations about each week’s lesson, providing a virtual support group for what is actually a self-guided course.

The workbook we’ll use is:
A Handbook for New Stoics: How to Thrive in a World Out of Your Control―52 Week-by-Week Lessons

The course will start Sun Sept 19 and will run nine weeks to end on Sat Nov 20th. Each Sunday, we’ll read (independently) a new lesson, independently do our daily exercises, share any personal thoughts during the week with each other in the PGL Signal group, and share in the group as well any implications for our lives by Saturday.

The specific lessons we’ll cover are:

1: Sun Sept 19: What’s really in your control?
2: Sun Sept 26: Focus on what you control
3: Sun Oct 3: Accept impermanence
4: Sun Oct 10: Peace of Mind
5: Sun Oct 17: Difficult people
6: Sun Oct 24: Review your actions daily
7: Sun Oct 31: Beware your initial impressions
8: Sun Nov 7: Beware your impulses
9: Sun; Nov 14: Basic Stoic concepts

To join, download the Signal application and click on this link. That will connect you up.
https://signal.group/#CjQKIIIneRMVZ2aXYUEQcMTJwB-H2mCubRm0hCCqNKOqsWzHEhCdoDLsy6BMegQ0xoR9OkQW

Buy the workbook. (link above)

I’ll reach out to you by the second week of September, and we’ll start on the 19th.