{"version":"1.0.0","segments":[{"startTime":0.37,"endTime":2.89,"body":"Hello and welcome to Navigate the Day."},{"startTime":3.75,"endTime":5.27,"body":"Today is January"},{"startTime":6.37,"endTime":8.8,"body":"13th, actually Friday the"},{"startTime":8.8,"endTime":11.47,"body":"13th, and we're in the month of"},{"startTime":11.47,"endTime":13.15,"body":"clarity.Which is part of the"},{"startTime":14.13,"endTime":15.37,"body":"discipline of perception."},{"startTime":17.25,"endTime":19.91,"body":"And these meditations and"},{"startTime":19.91,"endTime":21.58,"body":"journaling prompts.Are"},{"startTime":22.31,"endTime":25.03,"body":"based on the Daily Stoic."},{"startTime":27.66,"endTime":30.32,"body":"The Book and companion journal."},{"startTime":31.86,"endTime":33.82,"body":"From Ryan Holiday. I'm"},{"startTime":34.56,"endTime":37.22,"body":"not an affiliate for him or anything"},{"startTime":37.38,"endTime":39.4,"body":"like that. I'm just using the knowledge"},{"startTime":39.9,"endTime":42.28,"body":"that he had and what he"},{"startTime":42.7,"endTime":45.12,"body":"filtered down and passed along to me to"},{"startTime":45.3,"endTime":47.24,"body":"be able to kind of give my two cents in"},{"startTime":47.24,"endTime":49.08,"body":"my opinion on these journaling prompts"},{"startTime":49.08,"endTime":50.81,"body":"to to myself in the future."},{"startTime":52.92,"endTime":54.66,"body":"With that being said, I'll go ahead and"},{"startTime":54.88,"endTime":57.01,"body":"jump into today's theme, which is"},{"startTime":57.6,"endTime":59.4,"body":"the circle of control."},{"startTime":61.81,"endTime":63.11,"body":"We've got a excerpt here."},{"startTime":64.55,"endTime":67.14,"body":"We control our reasoned choice"},{"startTime":67.43,"endTime":69.95,"body":"and all the acts that depend on"},{"startTime":70.41,"endTime":72.07,"body":"that moral will.What's not"},{"startTime":73.17,"endTime":75.33,"body":"under our control?Are the body"},{"startTime":76.17,"endTime":77.77,"body":"and any of its parts.Our"},{"startTime":78.47,"endTime":80.13,"body":"possessions, parents,"},{"startTime":80.61,"endTime":82.91,"body":"siblings, children, or country."},{"startTime":84.53,"endTime":86.64,"body":"Anything with which we might"},{"startTime":86.97,"endTime":88.62,"body":"associate.Epictetus"},{"startTime":89.95,"endTime":91.86,"body":"Discourses 1.22"},{"startTime":92.43,"endTime":93.0,"body":"dot"},{"startTime":93.0,"endTime":95.48,"body":"10."},{"startTime":97.65,"endTime":99.3,"body":"And like I said, these prompts and"},{"startTime":99.3,"endTime":101.86,"body":"whatnot are pulled from The Daily"},{"startTime":102.14,"endTime":102.67,"body":"Stoic."},{"startTime":105.48,"endTime":108.19,"body":"And today's prompt is what can I put"},{"startTime":108.44,"endTime":110.65,"body":"outside my circle of control?"},{"startTime":113.36,"endTime":115.4,"body":"Before knowing what I can put outside my"},{"startTime":115.4,"endTime":117.48,"body":"circle of control.I have to firstly"},{"startTime":118.25,"endTime":120.26,"body":"know what's inside it. According to the"},{"startTime":121.17,"endTime":123.11,"body":"stoics it contains only one thing."},{"startTime":123.96,"endTime":125.62,"body":"The mind.When Epictetus"},{"startTime":126.57,"endTime":128.86,"body":"says what's not under our control are"},{"startTime":128.86,"endTime":130.97,"body":"the body and any of its parts, he's not"},{"startTime":130.97,"endTime":132.71,"body":"wrong as soon as you give it some"},{"startTime":132.91,"endTime":134.93,"body":"thought.We do not control our physical"},{"startTime":135.76,"endTime":137.89,"body":"well-being. We can become ill or be"},{"startTime":138.23,"endTime":139.91,"body":"involved in an accident or natural"},{"startTime":140.03,"endTime":141.62,"body":"disaster.And the one that"},{"startTime":142.74,"endTime":144.71,"body":"affects us all, and not"},{"startTime":145.28,"endTime":147.52,"body":"only can it not be controlled, it also"},{"startTime":147.8,"endTime":149.17,"body":"cannot be stopped aging."},{"startTime":150.83,"endTime":152.74,"body":"That last one, I still sometimes have"},{"startTime":152.74,"endTime":154.62,"body":"trouble coping with myself.Of course,"},{"startTime":155.73,"endTime":158.18,"body":"family, our parents and siblings alike."},{"startTime":159.18,"endTime":160.94,"body":"Are out of our control.Environment"},{"startTime":161.95,"endTime":164.41,"body":"kind of feels iffy to me. I can see how"},{"startTime":164.75,"endTime":167.07,"body":"initially our environment is not within"},{"startTime":167.19,"endTime":169.71,"body":"our control and on some levels I see"},{"startTime":170.15,"endTime":171.73,"body":"it as true later in life."},{"startTime":172.78,"endTime":174.84,"body":"However.I have had the control"},{"startTime":175.68,"endTime":177.14,"body":"to do something about my environment."},{"startTime":177.84,"endTime":180.49,"body":"Which, as I say this, I realized that my"},{"startTime":180.7,"endTime":183.29,"body":"mind was what was really stopping me"},{"startTime":183.5,"endTime":184.97,"body":"from action.So the"},{"startTime":185.97,"endTime":188.21,"body":"problem wasn't that my surroundings were"},{"startTime":188.21,"endTime":190.32,"body":"working against me.It was that I wasn't"},{"startTime":191.04,"endTime":192.54,"body":"working against my surroundings."},{"startTime":194.26,"endTime":196.64,"body":"Reason being I wasn't focused on"},{"startTime":196.64,"endTime":198.24,"body":"controlling the right way.I didn't have"},{"startTime":199.3,"endTime":201.78,"body":"the experiences or knowledge that I do"},{"startTime":201.95,"endTime":203.16,"body":"now.I wasn't taking"},{"startTime":204.68,"endTime":206.79,"body":"hold.Of the one thing in my circle of"},{"startTime":207.61,"endTime":208.7,"body":"control, my mind."},{"startTime":210.4,"endTime":212.81,"body":"Thankfully, at this season of my life,"},{"startTime":213.0,"endTime":215.08,"body":"I'm more aware of this ability.And I'm"},{"startTime":215.82,"endTime":218.65,"body":"better able to build necessary skills"},{"startTime":218.88,"endTime":221.07,"body":"to master the art of living. Of course,"},{"startTime":221.86,"endTime":223.55,"body":"I still have my less than perfect"},{"startTime":223.55,"endTime":225.15,"body":"moments.And that's going to have to be"},{"startTime":225.91,"endTime":227.53,"body":"OK, because that's life."},{"startTime":229.38,"endTime":231.71,"body":"So what can and maybe should I remove"},{"startTime":231.84,"endTime":233.57,"body":"from my circle of control?I need to let"},{"startTime":234.73,"endTime":236.79,"body":"go of my fear of aging. I recently"},{"startTime":237.51,"endTime":239.03,"body":"realized how thinning my hair is"},{"startTime":239.03,"endTime":241.5,"body":"becoming, and I panicked for a minute."},{"startTime":242.27,"endTime":244.6,"body":"And now that it happened, I'm finding"},{"startTime":244.75,"endTime":246.71,"body":"myself letting go of the idea.I"},{"startTime":247.67,"endTime":250.27,"body":"have any governance over the way my body"},{"startTime":250.27,"endTime":252.68,"body":"ages after, well, hundreds of"},{"startTime":252.95,"endTime":254.88,"body":"years of the same thing happening to"},{"startTime":254.88,"endTime":256.52,"body":"every other living thing.I have to"},{"startTime":257.7,"endTime":259.52,"body":"remember that this too is part of life"},{"startTime":259.66,"endTime":261.7,"body":"and vice surrendering, surrendering to"},{"startTime":261.7,"endTime":263.05,"body":"it. I can enjoy it more.I"},{"startTime":264.68,"endTime":266.04,"body":"can choose to remain calm when"},{"startTime":266.04,"endTime":267.65,"body":"challenged with new or recurring"},{"startTime":267.65,"endTime":270.06,"body":"feelings, doubts and negative self talk."},{"startTime":271.58,"endTime":273.21,"body":"I'm excited to implement all of the"},{"startTime":273.32,"endTime":275.19,"body":"things I'm learning into my daily life"},{"startTime":275.32,"endTime":277.22,"body":"as I move forward. I'm also realizing"},{"startTime":278.09,"endTime":279.99,"body":"that I don't have to. I don't have a"},{"startTime":280.56,"endTime":282.79,"body":"say in how my siblings behave."},{"startTime":285.06,"endTime":287.11,"body":"That has been realization for a while, I"},{"startTime":287.11,"endTime":289.68,"body":"suppose, but now I'm just starting to"},{"startTime":290.07,"endTime":292.39,"body":"let go of it for my sake and theirs."},{"startTime":293.24,"endTime":294.94,"body":"All I control is my mind."},{"startTime":296.33,"endTime":298.58,"body":"What else can I shove out of my sphere"},{"startTime":298.7,"endTime":299.77,"body":"of choice?How my"},{"startTime":301.27,"endTime":303.38,"body":"girlfriend feels all I can do is"},{"startTime":303.89,"endTime":305.94,"body":"choose to respond to her feelings and"},{"startTime":306.19,"endTime":308.48,"body":"not be reactive because that comes from"},{"startTime":308.48,"endTime":310.78,"body":"a place of impulse and lack of control."},{"startTime":311.6,"endTime":313.26,"body":"Which is unfair to her.She"},{"startTime":314.36,"endTime":316.99,"body":"deserves to be able to trust that I mean"},{"startTime":317.24,"endTime":319.42,"body":"what I say, and I cannot if I"},{"startTime":320.06,"endTime":322.19,"body":"come from a place of emotionally charged"},{"startTime":322.8,"endTime":324.73,"body":"thoughts that aren't from a position of"},{"startTime":325.12,"endTime":326.57,"body":"clarity and reason choice."},{"startTime":328.46,"endTime":330.04,"body":"I hope that by practicing better"},{"startTime":330.04,"endTime":332.15,"body":"listening skills I can become closer to"},{"startTime":332.44,"endTime":334.06,"body":"her and everyone else around me."},{"startTime":335.47,"endTime":337.29,"body":"I hope that by practicing listening to"},{"startTime":337.29,"endTime":339.37,"body":"myself through journaling like this.It"},{"startTime":340.21,"endTime":342.23,"body":"makes my ability to listen even stronger."},{"startTime":343.48,"endTime":345.86,"body":"I need to push my incorrect assumption"},{"startTime":345.97,"endTime":348.02,"body":"that my financial state is something I"},{"startTime":348.15,"endTime":350.03,"body":"control.A lot of outside factors"},{"startTime":351.05,"endTime":353.0,"body":"play into my finances.The economy"},{"startTime":354.01,"endTime":355.85,"body":"of my state and city are not mine to"},{"startTime":355.85,"endTime":358.06,"body":"control. I don't control the recession"},{"startTime":358.48,"endTime":360.14,"body":"that seems to be affecting people these"},{"startTime":360.14,"endTime":361.83,"body":"days.And I'm deciding to focus on"},{"startTime":362.73,"endTime":364.75,"body":"learning to embrace all of this new, or"},{"startTime":364.75,"endTime":366.69,"body":"at least clearer knowledge.That it's"},{"startTime":367.72,"endTime":369.65,"body":"actually good that all of this is"},{"startTime":369.76,"endTime":371.43,"body":"outside of my control.Well, everyone"},{"startTime":372.74,"endTime":374.96,"body":"else's worried with a mile long list of"},{"startTime":375.09,"endTime":377.04,"body":"responsibilities and practicing"},{"startTime":377.35,"endTime":379.74,"body":"clarity brought on by simplicity."},{"startTime":381.18,"endTime":383.46,"body":"If all I control are my mind, my"},{"startTime":383.88,"endTime":385.56,"body":"will, and my choices.I can"},{"startTime":386.36,"endTime":388.64,"body":"focus more wholly on those few things in"},{"startTime":388.64,"endTime":390.68,"body":"my control and not feel as"},{"startTime":391.08,"endTime":393.24,"body":"overwhelmed by how much is out of it.I"},{"startTime":394.03,"endTime":396.0,"body":"can just settle into my friendly and"},{"startTime":396.0,"endTime":398.51,"body":"welcoming sphere that reminds me of how"},{"startTime":398.89,"endTime":400.98,"body":"much I do and don't control.And"},{"startTime":401.85,"endTime":403.72,"body":"this needs to be a practice that I keep"},{"startTime":403.72,"endTime":404.76,"body":"daily.That's all I"},{"startTime":406.72,"endTime":408.52,"body":"have for today.I feel good about getting"},{"startTime":409.29,"endTime":410.73,"body":"these thoughts out.Thank you for taking"},{"startTime":411.74,"endTime":414.14,"body":"the time to let me ramble. Stay safe"},{"startTime":414.64,"endTime":416.91,"body":"and until next time. I wish you the best"},{"startTime":417.24,"endTime":419.18,"body":"and know you can handle the worst. Peace"},{"startTime":419.78,"endTime":420.42,"body":"and love, friend."}]}