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b'\\u201cGet busy with life\\u2019s purpose, toss aside empty hopes, get active in your own rescue \\u2014 if you care for yourself at all \\u2014 and do it while you can.\\u201d\\n\\n\\u2014 Marcus Aurelius\\n\\nDoes being a Stoic mean you can be apathetic? Does not reacting mean that you just give up? Because Stoicism is about controlling your response, it can easily seem that you just let things just happen and don\\u2019t take action. But to be a true Stoic, you are the opposite of apathetic. You are effective. By taking the time to choose your shot, you don\\u2019t waste time or energy on the things you can\\u2019t control.\\xa0\\nOften, we confuse action with actually doing something useful. Because Stoicism is about taking responsibility for ourselves, we need to be smart about the actions we choose. When we take the time to make a deliberate and well thought out choice. We want to be effective, not busy.'