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Virtue Tracker/Journal Prompter ala Franklin's 13 Virtues#511

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Benjamin Franklin tracked 13 virtues, while trying to become a better person. He put them into a table, focusing on a new virtue each week but marking (tallying) the virtues he practiced throughout the day.

Can we have the stoic app do that for the 4 Stoic Virtues of wisdom, justice, courage, and moderation? Each of those virtues has sub-virtues: Wisdom is subdivided into good sense, good calculation, quick-wittedness, discretion, and resourcefulness. Justice is subdivided into piety, honesty, equity, and fair dealing. Courage is subdivided into endurance, confidence, high-mindedness, cheerfulness, and industriousness. Moderation is subdivided into good discipline, seemliness, modesty, and self-control.

It would be nice if the app presented this table daily as part of the morning and evening rituals. Marking a virtue in the table could generate a journal prompt as well (much like the focus areas do now). By the end of the week, you could see visual progress of your efforts.

a year ago