Essays + Published Work
Alexander Osterman writes about evasion, responsibility, discipline, emotional honesty, and the difficult work of rebuilding a meaningful life. Selected publications and forthcoming essays appear below.
Published Work
Alexander writes regularly for The Stoic, the journal of The Stoic Gym, connecting the challenges of modern life with practical Stoic philosophy. Links to his articles are collected here as each issue is released.
This article challenges the misconception that Stoicism requires emotional suppression or coldness. Drawing on clinical experience and the four Stoic virtues, it argues that emotions should be acknowledged and examined without being given automatic authority over behavior. Stoicism becomes a practice of emotional responsibility: feeling honestly, judging clearly, and choosing right action.
This article examines discipline as a capacity formed through repetition rather than a trait some people simply possess. It looks beyond the finished image of disciplined character to the reluctant mornings, failed attempts, corrections, and recommitments through which it is forged. Discipline grows through ordinary acts of returning to what matters, especially when motivation is absent.
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