The hand that moves on its own
You pick up your phone without deciding to. You were going to check the time, and fifteen minutes later you’re still there.
Sound familiar?
The day that starts on someone else’s terms
The first things you see in the morning are messages, news and other people’s to-dos. Your day starts on everybody else’s agenda.
What you know and forget
You read Marcus Aurelius, underlined lines, promised yourself you’d live that way. By mid-afternoon, at the first problem, you can’t remember a single one.
The anger that gets there first
A message comes in that offends you and you answer before you think. Then you regret it.
The empty screen
Your wallpaper is a photo you don’t even see anymore. The thing you look at most in your life tells you nothing.
The problem isn’t that you don’t know what to do. It’s that you don’t remember it at the moment it matters.
Why the Stoics
The Stoics knew that virtue gets forgotten if you don’t keep it in sight.
Seneca passed on to Lucilius a piece of advice he had taken from Epicurus: choose a good man and keep him always before your eyes, so you live as if he were watching (Letters to Lucilius, 11).
Epictetus asked his students to keep their principles at hand, day and night, to use them at the right moment and not just to talk about them.
Marcus Aurelius, an emperor in the middle of a war, wrote himself the same rules over and over. His Meditations are exactly that: reminders so he wouldn’t forget who he wanted to be.
They had wax tablets and letters. You have a screen you look at all day. Use it.
“No more debating what a good man should be. Be one.”
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, X, 16
What The Stoic Lock Screen Is
Thirty wallpapers for your phone. Thirty short orders. One every time you pick it up.
- I · Ivory: calm light (10). Marble columns, a courtyard with an olive tree, a headland in the sea, whites and calm light. For the days that call for calm and order.
- II · Museum: dark painting (10). Large-scale oils in the manner of the old masters: the legion in the mountain pass, the gladiator in the arena, the empty throne, the ruined forum. For the days of battle.
- III · Iconic objects (10). Hourglass, Roman helmet, scale, anvil, ship’s wheel, key, sheathed sword, column, lamp: one object on an ivory or black background, like a museum piece. For remembering a single rule.
Every wallpaper leaves the clock area at the top and the icon area at the bottom clear. The whole line reads. A tiny signature, no logos in the way.
The quotations are original translations of verified passages, with their author and work. The lines without an author are Stoicism for Winners rules, written for these wallpapers.
Everything you get
The Stoic Lock Screen isn’t a lone PDF: it’s a 5-piece kit, ready to download.
- I
30 phone wallpapers
1080 × 1920, iPhone and Android
A different one for every day of the month.
- II
10 computer wallpapers
2560 × 1440
The ten best, in landscape format.
- III
Setup and user guide
4 pages
iPhone, Android, automatic daily rotation and computer.
- IV
The 30 lines explained
Author, work and passage, what moment each is for and a concrete action for that day.
- V
The Stoic Lock Screen method
Six rules so the line doesn’t fade into the background.
Who it’s for, and who it isn’t
It’s for you if…
- The man who picks up his phone more than he’d like and wants it to be good for something, at least.
- The man who reads Stoicism and wants it in sight at the hard moment, not just in the book.
- The man who likes classical art and wants a sober wallpaper, no loud colors or stock photos.
It’s not for you if…
- The man looking for a course or a long method: this is a daily reminder, not a program.
- The man who expects a wallpaper to change his life on its own. The line gives the order; you supply the action.
Your copy
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What format is it in?
Everything is digital and you download it from the Hotmart download email. The texts and printable sheets come as PDFs; the phone wallpapers are high-resolution PNG images.
How do I get access?
As soon as your payment is confirmed, Hotmart sends you an email with the link to download the kit. There’s no platform to log into and no classes to follow: you download the files once and they’re yours to keep.
It arrives in 4 files:
- Welcome (PDF)
- Guide (PDF)
- Phone Wallpapers (30) (ZIP file)
- Computer Wallpapers (10) (ZIP file)
If you don’t see the email, check your spam or promotions folder. With the email you used to buy, you can sign in to your Hotmart account and download the files again whenever you want.
Can I print it?
You can print the PDF guide without any trouble. The wallpapers are made for the screen: you don’t need to print anything.
Does it work on my phone?
Yes. The PDFs read well on any phone. The wallpapers are sized exactly for your phone.
Do I need to know philosophy?
No. It’s written in plain language, without academic jargon. Every idea from Marcus Aurelius, Seneca or Epictetus comes with something concrete for you to do.
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