Why Marcus Aurelius Didn't Want the Throne 💤

☀️ DayStoic - One free Stoic quote in your inbox each morninghttps://www.daystoic.com/en Follow Sleepy Stoicism so the next quiet hour is waiting: 🔴 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BayBorealImmersive 🟣 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sleepy-stoicism/id6791053738 🛖 Come in, drifters. If you're lying awake still keeping score on how well you did today, tonight's sleepy Stoic life follows a sixteen-year-old Marcus Aurelius, who was handed a throne he did not want. It begins beside a creek at Mapleton Park, New Brunswick, recorded during the day with ducks calling now and then. 💤 Fitbit Air Sleep Tracker - The most comfortable sleep trackerhttps://link.amazon/B0dIkIrsU 😮‍💨 Breathe Right Extra Strength - Strips for snoringhttps://amzn.to/4bDZFgY Affiliate links support the show at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Tonight, follow young Marcus Aurelius from the rainy day in Rome when he learned he would one day rule, into the plain household of his adoptive father, Antoninus Pius, and on to the teacher who told him to take off his formal toga at home. This bedtime story is for the exhausting pressure to be someone important and to prove your worth by how well you perform. What would change if the things you work hardest to earn were never really yours to begin with? Wherever sleep meets you along the way, let it. 🌲 The creek was recorded at Mapleton Park in New Brunswick during the day, with ducks calling now and then along the water. Every ambient sound beneath the narration comes from that real recording. 📜 Sources: Historia Augusta, Lives of Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius, translated by David Magie (1921-1924); Cassius Dio, Roman History, translated by Earnest Cary (1925); Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, translated by C. R. Haines (1916); The Correspondence of Marcus Cornelius Fronto, translated by C. R. Haines (1919-1920); Epictetus, Discourses and Handbook, translated by W. A. Oldfather (1925-1928). 🤍 Credits Created and produced by Luc Richard. Field recording, video, and photography captured on location by Luc Richard. Narration is AI-generated with ElevenLabs. The place and every ambient sound are real. 💬 Tell me one place where you could stop keeping score this week: at work, at home, or anywhere people can see you. I read every one. And follow, so there's always a quiet hour waiting when you need one. Sleep well. Whatever you were proving today can wait until morning. 🦆