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One year ago my mother got diagnosed with brain cancer. Almost instantaneously she lost her cognitive functions. I was working 2 jobs at the time, writing my master's thesis, and of course I had to take care of her and spend as much time with her as humanly possible. Cancer took my mom in 3 months and it goes without saying that that was (and is) the most difficult obstacle in my life so far.
Under such circumstances, it's hard to describe with words how much this book has helped me to maintain emotional stability and find purpose. I am immensely grateful to Ryan Holiday for having summarized and transformed the Stoic principles into actionables.
