This page is the listening library. If you want the history, sources and the Notion template, start with the source-led Stoic evening review.
I use two forms of evening reflection. The first is a modern synthesis of Buddhist mindfulness and Stoic self-examination. The second follows the nightly review Seneca describes in On Anger.
These tracks may help you notice patterns and settle before sleep. They do not guarantee better relationships, perfect habits or a different personality in 30 days.
The Daily Mindful Review
I first found the Daily Mindful Review in the appendix of The Mind Illuminated. It comes from a modern Buddhist meditation context. I adapted it by adding Stoic questions about judgement, choice and conduct.
This is an experiment, not a 30-day promise. Try it for a week. After each session, write one sentence: What did I notice that I usually miss?
Stoic Evening Reflection
Seneca gives us the older practice in On Anger 3.36:
“I pass the whole day in review before myself, and repeat all that I have said and done: I conceal nothing from myself, and omit nothing.”
Seneca says he took the practice from Sextius. Epictetus also quotes Pythagorean nightly questions in Discourses 3.10. That gives us a real family resemblance, but not proof that Seneca copied the Golden Verses directly.
Use three questions: Where did I go wrong? What did I do? What did I leave undone?
The point is correction, not punishment. Name one action worth repeating and one response to train tomorrow.