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Welcome to Stoic Rantings by Dara Albright.

This is a blog that I started on January 1, 2018 as a New Year’s resolution, challenging myself to post every day for an entire year during a stressful period of my life.

At the time, I was raising two young kids while rebuilding my business, watching my Dad’s health deteriorate and defending myself, pro se, in a lawsuit against a lawyer who would weaponize his law license with unnecessary and protracted motion practice that included endless new allegations and personal character assaults that grew increasingly more preposterous the longer I refused to cave to his unrealistic settlement demands.

Between caring for my family, working around the clock and learning the law in my spare time, the last thing I needed was to add the chore of blogging to my daily activities. But, part of me hoped that writing everyday would be a catharsis of sorts. Another part of me was hoping that forcing myself to blog everyday would sharpen my writing skills.

I discovered stoicism just as my legal battles were fermenting. I was inspired by reading about a stoic’s ability to “transform fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking.”

I decided to incorporate this stoic mindset into my daily blog, and on January 1, 2018, Stoic Rantings was born.

Writing every single day is not an easy task for anyone - even for those with all the time in the world. Some days I resented it. Some days I relished in it. On the 365th day, I felt a tremendous sense of accomplishment. The day after that I actually missed no longer having the obligation to write.

Daily blogging changes the way you see the world.

The way you hear music.

The way you think.

It has a way of making everything around you instantly become a potential blog post.

A shared moment with a son or daughter.

A book on display at a local juicery.

A verse of a song.

A story.

A letter.

A memory.

An epiphany.

An observation.

A challenge.

Everything.

Indeed, this blog has changed me in ways I never could have possibly imagined.

It enabled me to notice hints of stoicism all around me. And, more significantly – deep within me.

I hope you all find some hope and inspiration in my journey. The best way to appreciate this blog is in chronological order. Most posts are fairly short and can be read in well under a minute.

Some posts may make you laugh. Some may make you cry. Most will make you reflect. My hope is that overall, they provide you with enough stoicism to persevere and gain a greater appreciation for this thing called, life.

I also intend to add new posts in the upcoming weeks. I invite you to subscribe to receive those new posts as they are published.