{"version":"1.0.0","segments":[{"startTime":0.2,"endTime":2.55,"body":"Hello and welcome to"},{"startTime":2.92,"endTime":4.76,"body":"Navigate the day.Today is"},{"startTime":5.61,"endTime":6.66,"body":"January"},{"startTime":6.66,"endTime":10.72,"body":"11th, 2023."},{"startTime":12.28,"endTime":14.61,"body":"The theme for this month is Clarity."},{"startTime":15.67,"endTime":17.66,"body":"And that's part of the discipline of"},{"startTime":17.93,"endTime":19.37,"body":"perception.Our main theme"},{"startTime":20.74,"endTime":22.96,"body":"for the day is if"},{"startTime":23.72,"endTime":25.38,"body":"you want to be unsteady."},{"startTime":27.38,"endTime":29.73,"body":"I'll go ahead and jump into this"},{"startTime":29.98,"endTime":31.16,"body":"excerpt now."},{"startTime":33.32,"endTime":35.76,"body":"For a person's shifts. For"},{"startTime":36.2,"endTime":38.34,"body":"if a person shifts their"},{"startTime":38.92,"endTime":41.11,"body":"caution to their own reasoned"},{"startTime":41.26,"endTime":43.32,"body":"choices.And the acts of"},{"startTime":44.21,"endTime":46.41,"body":"those choices they will at the same"},{"startTime":47.06,"endTime":49.32,"body":"time gain the will to avoid."},{"startTime":51.02,"endTime":53.23,"body":"But if they shift their caution away"},{"startTime":53.34,"endTime":55.2,"body":"from their own reasoned choices to"},{"startTime":55.64,"endTime":57.32,"body":"things not under their control?"},{"startTime":58.18,"endTime":60.49,"body":"Seeking to avoid what is controlled by"},{"startTime":60.49,"endTime":62.01,"body":"others.They will then be"},{"startTime":62.88,"endTime":64.77,"body":"agitated.Fearful and"},{"startTime":65.81,"endTime":66.61,"body":"unstable."},{"startTime":67.87,"endTime":70.01,"body":"Epictetus Discourses"},{"startTime":71.03,"endTime":73.74,"body":"2.1 dot 12."},{"startTime":77.16,"endTime":78.57,"body":"The journal prompt for today."},{"startTime":80.03,"endTime":82.66,"body":"Is what are sources of"},{"startTime":82.94,"endTime":85.36,"body":"of unsteadiness in my life."},{"startTime":89.51,"endTime":91.97,"body":"Unsteadiness in general results from"},{"startTime":91.97,"endTime":94.47,"body":"losing sight of the difference between"},{"startTime":94.87,"endTime":96.8,"body":"what's in your control and what's not."},{"startTime":98.21,"endTime":100.28,"body":"So what causes me to lose sight of what"},{"startTime":100.28,"endTime":102.49,"body":"is or isn't within my governance?"},{"startTime":103.19,"endTime":105.74,"body":"Unfortunately, I think there is a lot."},{"startTime":107.18,"endTime":109.16,"body":"Work, finances.But I"},{"startTime":110.0,"endTime":111.78,"body":"also after reflecting on this for a"},{"startTime":111.78,"endTime":113.67,"body":"while.Know that my environment is the"},{"startTime":114.44,"endTime":116.37,"body":"biggest distraction.I can't really blame"},{"startTime":117.31,"endTime":119.59,"body":"my environment for my emotions though."},{"startTime":120.41,"endTime":122.66,"body":"This kind of leaves me at square 1, so I"},{"startTime":122.66,"endTime":125.03,"body":"need to get a grasp on what a sort of"},{"startTime":125.53,"endTime":127.72,"body":"source of unsteadiness looks like."},{"startTime":129.32,"endTime":131.09,"body":"My first thoughts on this were very"},{"startTime":131.09,"endTime":132.97,"body":"focused on outside factors."},{"startTime":133.95,"endTime":135.78,"body":"But that is opposite to what this prompt"},{"startTime":135.91,"endTime":137.64,"body":"is meant to bring out of me, in my"},{"startTime":137.77,"endTime":138.99,"body":"opinion at least.All"},{"startTime":140.73,"endTime":142.33,"body":"unsteadiness comes from within."},{"startTime":143.63,"endTime":146.41,"body":"Environment does not determine my levels"},{"startTime":146.41,"endTime":148.86,"body":"of calm, stability, or serenity."},{"startTime":150.03,"endTime":152.28,"body":"These, instead, are directly related to"},{"startTime":152.28,"endTime":154.77,"body":"my judgment and reasoned choices."},{"startTime":155.99,"endTime":158.4,"body":"I say that, and it's still a hard pill"},{"startTime":158.91,"endTime":160.77,"body":"to swallow.If we can't find peace from"},{"startTime":161.72,"endTime":163.5,"body":"outside sources.We are"},{"startTime":164.24,"endTime":166.63,"body":"completely responsible for our happiness"},{"startTime":167.14,"endTime":168.76,"body":"and distress alike.Even as I"},{"startTime":170.01,"endTime":171.95,"body":"type this, I feel frightened about the"},{"startTime":172.08,"endTime":174.53,"body":"notion from studying emotions and"},{"startTime":174.53,"endTime":177.12,"body":"philosophy philosophies. As I am,"},{"startTime":178.05,"endTime":179.98,"body":"I'm learning to see this as OK."},{"startTime":181.43,"endTime":183.0,"body":"And somewhat empowering in truth."},{"startTime":184.49,"endTime":186.18,"body":"This also means that I have been"},{"startTime":186.18,"endTime":187.91,"body":"responsible for the difficulties,"},{"startTime":188.11,"endTime":190.52,"body":"unsteadiness and unrest in my life for"},{"startTime":190.65,"endTime":192.37,"body":"the last roughly 10 years."},{"startTime":193.87,"endTime":195.35,"body":"And that is kind of a heavy burden.I put"},{"startTime":196.48,"endTime":198.48,"body":"myself in those around me through a lot."},{"startTime":199.39,"endTime":201.66,"body":"I've spent a lot of time trying to avoid"},{"startTime":201.91,"endTime":204.41,"body":"adverse effects out of my control and by"},{"startTime":204.59,"endTime":206.51,"body":"doing so cost myself steadiness."},{"startTime":208.46,"endTime":210.36,"body":"As I move forward, I will be making a"},{"startTime":210.52,"endTime":212.68,"body":"concerted effort to avoid harmful and"},{"startTime":212.68,"endTime":214.82,"body":"disruptive judgments that cause me more"},{"startTime":214.82,"endTime":216.71,"body":"trouble rather than the original"},{"startTime":216.71,"endTime":218.37,"body":"disruptions to my stillness."},{"startTime":219.5,"endTime":222.0,"body":"Thus giving me a better chance of"},{"startTime":222.41,"endTime":224.73,"body":"achieving achieving stillness in the"},{"startTime":224.86,"endTime":226.2,"body":"first place.I think this means"},{"startTime":227.53,"endTime":229.1,"body":"letting go of quite a bit."},{"startTime":231.61,"endTime":233.36,"body":"I need to let myself be free from what"},{"startTime":233.36,"endTime":236.02,"body":"others do, how they interact with me,"},{"startTime":236.61,"endTime":238.78,"body":"stressors in my life and in external"},{"startTime":238.78,"endTime":241.08,"body":"events outside of my control,"},{"startTime":241.31,"endTime":243.41,"body":"including birthplace and my"},{"startTime":243.55,"endTime":245.1,"body":"circumstances.I get to"},{"startTime":246.48,"endTime":248.72,"body":"choose steadiness in my filtering of"},{"startTime":248.92,"endTime":251.48,"body":"exterior forces and how I perceive them."},{"startTime":254.68,"endTime":256.75,"body":"As long as I'm zeroed in on what's"},{"startTime":256.89,"endTime":258.76,"body":"within my sphere of choice.I will"},{"startTime":259.68,"endTime":261.27,"body":"continue to get better at dealing with"},{"startTime":261.27,"endTime":262.72,"body":"life's ups and downs.I'm"},{"startTime":263.86,"endTime":265.71,"body":"confident that by putting my best foot"},{"startTime":265.71,"endTime":267.89,"body":"forward and persisting on this path of"},{"startTime":268.38,"endTime":270.73,"body":"growth and learning that things"},{"startTime":271.24,"endTime":271.95,"body":"can only get better."},{"startTime":274.11,"endTime":276.16,"body":"I am choosing to take my life back into"},{"startTime":276.16,"endTime":277.95,"body":"my hands.By regulating"},{"startTime":279.11,"endTime":280.82,"body":"how I handle myself.Because that"},{"startTime":281.95,"endTime":283.85,"body":"alone has an impact on my environment."},{"startTime":285.16,"endTime":287.75,"body":"Which to me is much more powerful and"},{"startTime":288.12,"endTime":290.38,"body":"beneficial than my environment"},{"startTime":290.78,"endTime":291.64,"body":"impacting me."},{"startTime":295.06,"endTime":296.7,"body":"That's all I've got for you, for you"},{"startTime":296.82,"endTime":298.35,"body":"today.Thank you for taking the time to"},{"startTime":299.47,"endTime":301.41,"body":"listen to me ramble.Stay safe"},{"startTime":302.47,"endTime":304.94,"body":"and until next time. I wish you the best"},{"startTime":305.39,"endTime":307.43,"body":"and know you can handle the worst.Peace"},{"startTime":308.3,"endTime":308.93,"body":"and love, friend."},{"startTime":320.45,"endTime":322.61,"body":"2023."}]}