What Survives The Fire: Stoic Notebook No. I

What Survives The Fire is a Stoic notebook for thinking slowly and writing honestly.

Write it down. Make it true. A notebook is a place to meet yourself. It asks for nothing but honesty. Use it to think slowly, to question what you believe and to build the life you intend, one page at a time.

Five sections

• Thought: lined pages for free writing. Say the true thing plainly.
• Reflect: twelve guided questions, answered slowly and without polish.
• Study: Cornell pages for learning, with cues, notes and a summary in your own words.
• Plan: dot grid pages for maps, systems and sketches.
• Grid: squared pages for drawing, measuring and working things out.

The practice

Date every page. Write the true thing, not the polished thing. Log each entry in the index. Return to a page after thirty days and note what changed. An ownership page at the front records when you began, when you finished and the one thing you want this notebook to hold.

Formats

Digital edition: a hyperlinked PDF with section tabs on every page. Delivered instantly after checkout.

Printed edition: coming soon.

Works with

GoodNotes, Notability, Noteshelf and Xodo on iPad, Apple Books, Adobe Acrobat and any PDF reader. Print at home on US Letter or A4.

Good to know

• Undated. Start whenever you are ready.
• US Letter, portrait, 55 pages.
• For personal use. Please do not share or resell the file.

Why this Stoic notebook works

What Survives The Fire is part of a small collection of Stoic notebooks made to be used every day, not admired on a shelf. It draws on the same public domain wisdom you can read in the Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, free on Project Gutenberg. Read our guide on how to journal like Marcus Aurelius.