# You Are the Solution to Your Problem ## Metadata - Author: [[Daily Stoic]] - Full Title: You Are the Solution to Your Problem - Category: #source/articles ## Highlights - A philosopher must “blow their own nose,” he used to say. They must understand that they hold in their hands, in their minds, [the solutions to almost all of their problems](https://click.convertkit-mail4.com/5quoo8r6w3c7hvg23wpaz/dpheh0h0k0oqkwumh4/aHR0cHM6Ly9kYWlseXN0b2ljLmNvbS9ldmVyeXRoaW5nLWlzLWZpZ3VyZW91dGFibGUv) . No one but ourselves can truly alleviate our boredom or our anger. No one else can make us feel better, no one else is responsible for our time ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h4ttbns9zkdxhzgkrqgcjsnf))