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The Sisyphean Daily Devotional

One quote. One reflection. One practice. Every day for a year. Philosophy you can hold in your hands.

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Daily Entries

Philosophers

Traditions

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A year of philosophy,
one day at a time.

Each of the 365 entries follows the same format — designed to take five minutes and stay with you all day.

Every Entry Includes

❝A quote from one of twelve philosophers

☶A reflection that makes the philosophy personal

☼A daily practice you can do in under a minute

No jargon. No prerequisites. Just honest philosophy written for people who are alive and paying attention.

Read Day 1.

This is the first of 365. The rest are in the book.

Day 1 — January: Beginnings

The rock is still there.

“One must imagine Sisyphus happy.”— Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

You woke up this morning. The alarm went off, or it didn’t, and either way the day began whether you were ready for it or not. The rock is at the bottom of the hill again. It was there yesterday. It’ll be there tomorrow.

Camus didn’t tell us to imagine Sisyphus productive, or enlightened, or at peace. He said happy. There’s a specificity to that word that matters. Happiness is not the absence of difficulty. It’s what happens when you stop waiting for the difficulty to end and start finding something real inside the push itself.

Today’s Practice

Before you start the day’s first task, pause for three seconds. Look at it. Acknowledge it’s there. Then begin.

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