Breakfast with Seneca

I was looking for a new audiobook when I read (er, skimmed) an article in the NYT about the stoics, and this book was mentioned as a recommendation. The snippets of stoic philosophy I read seemed like the perfect way to start 2022, so I nabbed this audiobook and Seneca's Letters (on Kindle, bc it was $1.99!). I was expecting this to be a memoir that incorporated bits of Seneca's text, but no. This was more like some queasy mix of textbook and self-help book. Spare yourself the read by jumping to the last chapter, where he summarizes the entire book in a numbered list. Note – I did really enjoy, at least conceptually, the stoic teachings. This was just a boring package for them. Looking forward reading the first-hand version when I get around to the Letters.