Seneca Letters from a Stoic Explained

You never seem to have enough time. The days fill up, you rush from one thing to the next, and at night you wonder where the hours went.

Seneca wrote about exactly this two thousand years ago, and this independent companion retells his Letters and On the Shortness of Life in plain modern English. Each chapter takes one idea, such as owning your time or practicing poverty, and shows it playing out in an ordinary modern scene like a Monday inbox or a hard conversation with a friend. Then a warm coach voice guides you through a single Stoic exercise, with a pause so you can actually do it while you listen. Short public-domain quotes let you hear Seneca in his own words along the way.

By the last chapter you will notice hurry before it takes over and know what to do with a free hour. Press play on your next commute and give Seneca ten minutes.