Stoic

A lot of people say that I never show any emotion, or mention that I am a stoic. When I researched to philosophy a while ago I discovered that on the outside from other points of view, I do look pretty stoic. I'm not very outgoing or eccentric, and I'm fairly introverted. I also discovered that there are many points to this philosophy that are helpful and that I try to implement into my life.

To me, stoicism means that we should not waste energy and time on dangerous emotions that will do nothing for your situation. This does not mean you should avoid involving emotion completely in your life though. For example if you get a bad grade on a test, there are no benefits on wasting energy to cry or moap around and complain, as doing this will not magically change your grade or prepare you to do better on your next exam. This method of not letting certain insignificant things effect you, and only putting energy and attention to the important things in life is very beneficial to one's well-being. Now there are exceptions and it would not be possible to implement this philosophy into everything in your life. If there is a death or tragedy or something very important it is necessary to express emotions. Another example of breaking this philosophy would be involving positive emotions in your life.

I think that living by a philosophy is very beneficial for someone. For me it took away loads of stress and created who I am today.