{"id":78417,"date":"2022-08-30T15:12:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T19:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=78417"},"modified":"2022-09-12T12:27:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T16:27:43","slug":"control-what-you-can-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/control-what-you-can-control\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Control What You Can Control (The Daily Stoic)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you try to control the world around you? What can you truly control, and how?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stoics view life in a certain way. At the center of their philosophy is recognizing what you can and can&#8217;t control. They contend that the only thing you can control is your way of thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Continue reading for advice from the Stoic philosophers on how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/epictetus-control\/\">control what you can<\/a> control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-you-can-and-can-t-control\">What You Can and Can\u2019t Control<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Stoics, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/virtuous-life\/\">living a virtuous life<\/a> starts with <em>self-control<\/em>. To practice self-control, you must actively make sense of life with <em>reason. <\/em>Through reason, you can control your <em>view of life<\/em>. <em>The Daily Stoic<\/em> explores how you can live virtuously by practicing self-control through reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To the authors, living this way depends first on recognizing a central Stoic principle we\u2019ll call the <em>basic division of control<\/em>: <strong>You can\u2019t control anything except the way you think.<\/strong> This belief lies at the core of Stoicism&#8217;s philosophy of viewing life and underpins all the practices described in the sections below. <strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You <em>can\u2019t <\/em>control external circumstances such as the actions of another person, the state of the economy, or whether you get sick or injured, but you <em>can <\/em>control how you view or understand those things with your <em>mind<\/em>. So, how do you control what you can control? The Stoics argue that <em>reason<\/em> is your main tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Some philosophers argue that this account of the Stoic view of <em>control<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/modernstoicism.com\/what-many-people-misunderstand-about-the-stoic-dichotomy-of-control-by-michael-tremblay\/\">is derived from a faulty translation and can lead to a misunderstanding<\/a>. In their view, a proper translation implies that internal states (such as our character and beliefs) <em>depend on us<\/em> for their existence, but external states (such as circumstances and outcomes) <em>don\u2019t<\/em> depend on us. The implication is that the Stoics didn\u2019t necessarily believe you could <em>control<\/em> your internal state at any particular moment. If you\u2019re sleep-deprived or drunk, for example, your internal state still <em>depends<\/em> on you\u2014even if you can\u2019t control it at the moment! The same is true of your thoughts: They <em>depend <\/em>on you, but, as neuroscience suggests, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/can-we-control-our-thoughts\/\">you can\u2019t always control them<\/a>.)&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The authors consider common experiences through this lens: Imagine you read of global turmoil in your news feed. Economic forecasters are predicting a recession unlike any before. You should recognize that much of this situation is beyond your control. You can\u2019t affect the conflicts around the world and you can\u2019t stop a recession from coming. You can\u2019t even control what news stories reach you or how they frame the issues they report.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, you <em>can<\/em> control the way you understand the situation. You can view it circumspectly\u2014recognizing that bad news sells, that your ability to live a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/virtuous-life-2\/\">virtuous life<\/a> doesn&#8217;t depend on the amount of money in your bank account and that your thoughts alone are under your control. Understanding this, you can be unmoved by the news of the day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Psychologist Albert Ellis (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/articles\/200703\/albert-ellis-confident-and-kicking\">an admirer of Stoic philosophy<\/a>) formulated a model of this Stoic approach to changing your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-break-negative-thought-patterns\/\">thought patterns<\/a> called <a href=\"https:\/\/worldofwork.io\/2019\/07\/the-abc-framework-for-overcoming-stressful-situations\/\">the ABC model<\/a>: Activating event (trigger) + Beliefs (self-talk) = Consequences (our response). He suggests that we change our <em>self-talk<\/em> when we encounter events that cause us stress. As we practice this, we\u2019ll become adept at avoiding the negative (stressful) response. Ellis\u2019s model of the approach complements the Stoic\u2019s ideas by providing a very simple way to think through negative feelings and unproductive behaviors: You can\u2019t change the <em>activating event<\/em>, but you can change the <em>beliefs<\/em> that lead to those negative <em>consequences<\/em>.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you try to control the world around you? What can you truly control, and how? Stoics view life in a certain way. At the center of their philosophy is recognizing what you can and can&#8217;t control. They contend that the only thing you can control is your way of thinking. 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