Pentathlon or wrestle?

“You want to do the pentathlon, or to wrestle? Look at you arms, your thighs, inspect your loins” (sec 29) Make your choice according to your situation. One thing I finally agree with Epictetus, we can´t follow instincts when taking choices is in the line. We or at least I evaluate every possible outcome before choosing. I can’t´ become an athlete with my body even if I wanted to so I naturally don´t become an athlete. But with my brains I can become a lawyer or something that requires more thinking than moving. I have to make choices every day, and sometimes I do not have the time to think and analyze everything so I make an educated guess, and almost always I get the outcome I was hopping.
Surprisingly I found another thing in common with Epictetus, I have to work for the things I want. One thing I can´t stand is spoiled people, if you want something get it yourself. “You must be disciplined, keep a strict diet, stay away from cakes.” (sec29) I liked this quote particularly because of the cake part it made me laugh but mostly because it explains if you want to be in a marathon you have to be disciplined and do it yourself. Our actions depend on none else but us. If I want to be skinny I stay away from the cake, like I do. The cake mention was interesting for me because is something teenage girls tend to worry excessively about weight so I could analyze that Epictetus is directing to everyone, making me contradict what I had said before about this handbook being on mindless fools who try to become leaders. This Handbook provides a life style, that regardless to what I said I still would not follow it.