Turn Have To into Get To (2022)

Today’s Daily Stoic Meditation outlines a willingness that you should cultivate into all situations.

Rather than seeing things as detrimental and obstacles, change that attitude and see things as opportunities.

Turn have to into get to.

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“The task of a philosopher: we should bring our will into harmony with whatever happens, so that nothing happens against our will and nothing that we wish for fails to happen.”

— EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.14.7

Have To

Many people have the have to mindset.

Many people say they have to do things, especially when it comes to the things they don’t want to do.

The have to approach makes things out to be annoying and disrupting — it isn’t something you actually want to do, and it gets in the way of the those you do want to do.

The Shift

You need to shift your attitude.

You need to shift things from have to into get to.

It is a very simple shift and does not take much effort to turn it into a habit!

Have to has negative connotations.

Have to rids you of all appreciation and gratitude when it comes to things.