What if the things you obsess over daily don't ultimately matter? The ancient Stoics had a radical idea: most of what we chase - wealth, fame, even health - is neither good nor bad. They called these things "indifferents."

In this episode, Caleb reads his short piece on indifferents and adds additional commentary.

Read the piece: https://www.stoaletter.com/p/indifferents

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