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stoic has been a cornerstone in easing my anxiety and depression, providing a convenient platform to build healing habits amidst coping with various mental health issues.

kajlan98 on the App Store

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stoic has turned journaling on my phone into a joy, helping find peace and positivity amidst daily stress, even while battling depression and anxiety. Highly recommended!

Chryssee on the App Store

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stoic has really helped me grow and has helped me become a better person.This app is making so many people’s lives better.

SpiritKaizen on the App Store

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stoic redirected my focus from external chaos to internal clarity during a rough phase. It didn't just light up my path, but taught me how to keep the light on, reminding me I control my life's narrative.

KVSupernovaon the App Store

this week's theme:
On No More Resolutions

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Today’s Prompt - Dec 29, 2025

Journaling Idea - on mental reset.

What do you wish to stay exactly the same in the coming times?

Today’s Prompt - Dec 30, 2025

Journaling Idea - on mental reset.

What have you been doing particularly well recently?

Today’s Prompt - Dec 31, 2025

Journaling Idea - on mental reset.

What do you want to feel more of, rather than achieve?

Today’s Prompt - Jan 01, 2026

Journaling Idea - on mental reset.

What promise can you make to yourself that doesn’t involve becoming “better” at all?

Today’s Prompt - Jan 02, 2026

Journaling Idea - on mental reset.

What pressure have you been carrying that you’re ready to let go of?

Today’s Prompt - Jan 03, 2026

Journaling Idea - on mental reset.

What kindness toward your future self do you wish to offer?

Today’s Prompt - Jan 04, 2026

Journaling Idea - on mental reset.

To what demands from the future can you happily say: “I don’t care at all”?

Today’s Quote - Dec 29, 2025

Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.

Anaïs Nin

Today’s Quote - Dec 30, 2025

Love is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation, and the exponent of breath.

Emily Dickinson

Today’s Quote - Dec 31, 2025

Celebrate endings—for they precede new beginnings.

Jonathan Huie

Today’s Quote - Jan 01, 2026

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.

Oprah Winfrey

Today’s Quote - Jan 02, 2026

We are an impossibility in an impossible universe.

Ray Bradbury

Today’s Quote - Jan 03, 2026

for your part, do not desire to be a general, or a senator, or a consul, but to be free; and the only way to this is a disregard of things which lie not within our own power.

Epictetus

Today’s Quote - Jan 04, 2026

Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.

Zeno of Citium

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