Issue 1 of Peak Stoic. A 30-day Stoic practice journal you write in. Each day gives you one passage from Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus or Seneca in a public-domain translation, checked word for word against the source, with a short note on what the author meant, a morning question, one practice to try, and a full page for the evening review.

![Inside Peak Stoic: Begin Again. The cover, the Day 1 page and the Week 1 worksheet, the rehearsal table.](https://peakgrizzlymediafiles.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/publications/peak-stoic-issue-1-1794008495726.jpg)

Four weeks, four disciplines: preparing for the day (Marcus), sorting what is and is not up to you (Epictetus), small, safe voluntary discomfort (Seneca), and the evening audit. Each week opens with a short essay and a worksheet: the rehearsal table, the sorting table, the discomfort ladder and the view from above. It closes with a thirty-day review, a before-and-after self-rating, and a letter to your future self.

56 full-color, saddle-stitched pages that lie flat for writing, illustrated with photographs from Ephesus, Aphrodisias and Hierapolis, the city where Epictetus was born.

The daily practice: morning, attention, evening review

Peak Stoic: Begin Again

Issue 2 of Peak Stoic is a 30-day journal for building everyday courage. Each day pairs a passage from Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus or Seneca with a short note on its meaning, a morning question, one practice, and a full page for your evening review.

![Inside Peak Stoic: Courage. The cover, the Day 1 page and the Week 1 worksheet, the fear inventory.](https://peakgrizzlymediafiles.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/publications/peak-stoic-issue-2-1794008497281.jpg)

The four weeks follow how courage works in real life: name the fear, speak plainly, endure, act. Each week opens with a short essay and a worksheet. Three true scenes of Stoic courage open the issue, and it closes with Socrates at his trial, a 30-day review, and a letter to your future self.

It has 56 full-color pages, saddle-stitched to lie flat for writing, with photographs from Ephesus, Aphrodisias and Hierapolis. You don't need Issue 1 to start.

Name the fear, speak plainly, endure, act

Peak Stoic: Courage

Issue 3 of Peak Stoic. A 30-day Stoic practice journal on temperance: wanting less, owning less, and enjoying more. Each day gives you one passage from Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus or Seneca in a public-domain translation, checked word for word against the source, with a short note on what the author meant, a morning question, one practice to try, and a full page for the evening review.

![Inside Peak Stoic: Enough. The cover, the Day 1 page and the Week 1 worksheet, the desire audit.](https://peakgrizzlymediafiles.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/publications/peak-stoic-issue-3-1794008498699.jpg)

Four weeks: notice the wanting, things and money, attention and praise, and pleasure well used. Each week opens with a short essay and a worksheet: the desire audit, the thirty-day wait list, the attention ledger, and your own rules. It opens with three portraits of enough (Antoninus Pius, Diogenes, and Seneca, the millionaire who preached simplicity) and closes by asking you to define, in writing, what enough means for you.

56 full-color, saddle-stitched pages that lie flat for writing, illustrated with photographs from Aphrodisias, Selçuk and the Ephesus Museum. A good way to start a new year. No earlier issues needed.

Wanting less, owning less, enjoying more

Peak Stoic: Enough

Issue 4 of Peak Stoic. A 30-day Stoic practice journal on justice: difficult people, fairness, and living well with the people you were given. Each day gives you one passage from Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus or Seneca in a public-domain translation, checked word for word against the source, with a short note, a morning question, one practice to try, and a full page for the evening review.

![Inside Peak Stoic: Other People. The cover, the Day 1 page and the Week 1 worksheet, the other story.](https://peakgrizzlymediafiles.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/publications/peak-stoic-issue-4-1794008499920.jpg)

Four weeks: difficult people, fairness, your duties to family and others, and the Stoic idea that we were made for one another. Each week opens with a short essay and a worksheet: the other story, the other chair, my names, and Hierocles' circles. Three portraits of justice: Cato the Younger, Musonius Rufus and Hierocles.

56 full-color, saddle-stitched pages that lie flat for writing, illustrated with photographs from Ephesus, Aphrodisias and Hierapolis. No earlier issues needed.

Difficult people, fairness, and the people you were given

Peak Stoic: Other People

Issue 5 of Peak Stoic. A 30-day Stoic practice journal on wisdom: first impressions, judgement, and the courage to change your mind. Each day gives you one passage from Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus or Seneca in a public-domain translation, checked word for word against the source, with a short note, a morning question, one practice to try, and a full page for the evening review.

![Inside Peak Stoic: See Clearly. The cover, the Day 1 page and the Week 1 worksheet, wait a little.](https://peakgrizzlymediafiles.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/publications/peak-stoic-issue-5-1794008501337.jpg)

Four weeks: first impressions, the opinions we add to events, looking closely, and changing your mind for the right reasons. Each week opens with a short essay and a worksheet: wait a little, the event and the opinion, take it apart, and test an opinion. Three portraits of wisdom: Zeno, Chrysippus, and Rusticus, who gave Marcus his copy of Epictetus.

56 full-color, saddle-stitched pages that lie flat for writing, illustrated with photographs from Ephesus, Aphrodisias, Hierapolis and Selçuk. No earlier issues needed.

First impressions, judgement, and changing your mind

Peak Stoic: See Clearly

Issue 6 of Peak Stoic. A 30-day Stoic practice journal on anger: the flash, the pause, the insult, and forgiveness. Each day gives you one passage from Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus or Seneca in a public-domain translation, checked word for word against the source, with a short note, a morning question, one practice to try, and a full page for the evening review.

![Inside Peak Stoic: Cool Head. The cover, the Day 1 page and the Week 1 worksheet, the anger log.](https://peakgrizzlymediafiles.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/publications/peak-stoic-issue-6-1794008502592.jpg)

Many of this month’s passages come from Seneca’s On Anger. Each week opens with a short essay and a worksheet: the anger log, Epictetus’s count-the-days grid with a delay plan, the insult test, and the pardon list. Three portraits of a cool head: Athenodorus, who taught Augustus to recite the alphabet before acting in anger; Sextius; and Marcus Aurelius after a revolt.

56 full-color, saddle-stitched pages that lie flat for writing, illustrated with photographs from Ephesus, Aphrodisias, Hierapolis and Selçuk. No earlier issues needed.

The flash, the pause, the insult, and forgiveness

Peak Stoic: Cool Head

Issue 7 of Peak Stoic. A 30-day Stoic practice journal on time: where it goes, busyness, postponement, and what makes a life full. Each day gives you one passage from Seneca, Marcus Aurelius or Epictetus in a public-domain translation, checked word for word against the source, with a short note, a morning question, one practice to try, and a full page for the evening review.

![Inside Peak Stoic: Time. The cover, the Day 1 page and the Week 1 worksheet, an hour-by-hour time audit.](https://peakgrizzlymediafiles.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/publications/peak-stoic-issue-7-1794008503822.jpg)

Many passages come from Seneca’s On the Shortness of Life: we are not poor in days, but wasteful of them. Each week opens with a short essay and a worksheet: an hour-by-hour time audit, the not-to-do list, the someday list, and a nightly account. Three portraits of time: Paulinus, Marcus writing in army camps, and Seneca’s last letters.

56 full-color, saddle-stitched pages that lie flat for writing, illustrated with photographs from Ephesus, Aphrodisias and Hierapolis. Not a productivity planner. No earlier issues needed.

Where it goes, busyness, someday, and a full life

Peak Stoic: Time

Issue 8 of Peak Stoic. A 30-day Stoic practice journal on work: why we do it, how to do it well, choosing the right work, and rest. Each day gives you one passage from Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus or Seneca in a public-domain translation, checked word for word against the source, with a short note, a morning question, one practice to try, and a full page for the evening review.

![Inside Peak Stoic: Work. The cover, the Day 1 page and the Week 1 worksheet, who my work serves.](https://peakgrizzlymediafiles.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/publications/peak-stoic-issue-8-1794008504993.jpg)

Each week opens with a short essay and a worksheet: who my work serves, the craft log, Seneca’s three questions for fitting the work to the worker, and rest that restores. Three portraits of work: Cleanthes, who drew water at night to study by day; Lucilius, the busy official Seneca wrote to; and Asinius Pollio, who did no business after the tenth hour.

56 full-color, saddle-stitched pages that lie flat for writing, illustrated with photographs from Ephesus, Aphrodisias, Hierapolis and Selçuk. For any kind of work, paid or unpaid. No earlier issues needed.

Why we work, doing it well, the right work, and rest

Peak Stoic: Work

Issue 9 of Peak Stoic. A 30-day Stoic practice journal on friendship: choosing friends, being one, the company we keep, and keeping friendships alive. Each day gives you one passage from Seneca, Marcus Aurelius or Epictetus in a public-domain translation, checked word for word against the source, with a short note, a morning question, one practice to try, and a full page for the evening review.

![Inside Peak Stoic: Friends. The cover, the Day 1 page and the Week 1 worksheet, my friends honestly.](https://peakgrizzlymediafiles.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/publications/peak-stoic-issue-9-1794008506520.jpg)

Most passages come from Seneca’s letters to his friend Lucilius. Each week opens with a short essay and a worksheet: my friends honestly, being a friend, the company I keep, and a real letter to write and send. Three portraits of friendship: Laelius and Scipio, Marcus Aurelius and Fronto, and Arrian, who wrote down Epictetus’s words.

56 full-color, saddle-stitched pages that lie flat for writing, illustrated with photographs from Ephesus and Aphrodisias. A thoughtful gift for a friend. No earlier issues needed.

Choosing friends, being one, good company, and keeping them

Peak Stoic: Friends

Issue 10 of Peak Stoic. A 30-day Stoic practice journal on change: the river of time, fortune, adapting when plans fail, and becoming someone new. Each day gives you one passage from Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus or Seneca in a public-domain translation, checked word for word against the source, with a short note, a morning question, one practice to try, and a full page for the evening review.

![Inside Peak Stoic: Change. The cover, the Day 1 page and the Week 1 worksheet, the river so far.](https://peakgrizzlymediafiles.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/publications/peak-stoic-issue-10-1794008508116.jpg)

Each week opens with a short essay and a worksheet: the river so far, preparing for change, planning with ‘unless something prevents me’, and what goes with you. Three portraits of change: Heraclitus of Ephesus, Seneca’s mother Helvia, and Epictetus, born a slave at Hierapolis.

56 full-color, saddle-stitched pages that lie flat for writing, illustrated with photographs from Ephesus, Aphrodisias, Hierapolis and Selçuk. For a move, a new job, an ending or a new beginning. No earlier issues needed.

The river of time, fortune, adapting, and becoming new

Peak Stoic: Change

Issue 11 of Peak Stoic. A gentle 30-day Stoic practice journal on grief and loss: permission to grieve, remembering well, mortality without fear, and gratitude for what was given. Each day gives you one passage from Seneca, Marcus Aurelius or Epictetus in a public-domain translation, checked word for word against the source, with a short note, a morning question, one practice to try, and a full page for the evening review.

![Inside Peak Stoic: Loss. The cover, the Day 1 page and the Week 1 worksheet, what I am carrying.](https://peakgrizzlymediafiles.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/publications/peak-stoic-issue-11-1794008509731.jpg)

Most passages come from Seneca’s letters and consolations, in his kindest voice. Each week opens with a short essay and a worksheet: what I am carrying, a page of remembrance, questions with the end in view, and what I have been lent. Go at your own pace; no page is required.

56 full-color, saddle-stitched pages that lie flat for writing, illustrated with photographs from Hierapolis, Pamukkale, Ephesus and Aphrodisias. Not a substitute for professional support. No earlier issues needed.

Grief, remembering well, and gratitude for what was given

Peak Stoic: Loss

Issue 12 of Peak Stoic, the last of the year. A 30-day Stoic practice journal on gratitude: who made you, what you already have, how far you have come, and carrying it on. Each day gives you one passage from Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus or Seneca in a public-domain translation, checked word for word against the source, with a short note, a morning question, one practice to try, and a full page for the evening review.

![Inside Peak Stoic: Gratitude. The cover, the Day 1 page and the Week 1 worksheet, my Book One.](https://peakgrizzlymediafiles.sfo3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/publications/peak-stoic-issue-12-1794008511304.jpg)

Week 1 follows Book 1 of the Meditations, in which Marcus thanks everyone who made him. Worksheets: write your own Book One, a gratitude inventory, a review of all twelve Stoic practices, and a notebook of rules for the year ahead. Three portraits: Marcus’s mother, and his teachers Sextus and Maximus.

56 full-color, saddle-stitched pages that lie flat for writing, illustrated with photographs from Ephesus, Aphrodisias and Selçuk. A thoughtful gift, complete on its own.

Peak Stoic: Courage

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