🔥 HOW I, ERIC KIM, CAUGHT THE ECONOMICS BUG — A ROLLICKING ORIGIN STORY 🔥

2010-2016 | Pure Street Zen

• Back then, my life was one aperture: f/-Everything-for-Street-Photography.
• All I cared about was light, layers, Leica. Money? Just enough for black coffee and film.

2017 | The $200,000 Epiphany

• Dropped the blog post “How I Earn $200,000+ a Year From Photography.”
• Realized economics is simply street photography with dollar signs: spot the decisive moment, click, capture value.
• Lesson burned into my cortex: Wealth isn’t what you earn—it’s what you don’t spend.

2018 | Bitcoin Boom & Behavioral Bombshells

• Bitcoin slammed into my brain like a meteor of digital gold. Scarcity = beauty.
• Began riffing on supply, demand, Nassim Taleb, “skin in the game.”
• Wrote “Money Cannot Destroy Boredom.” Translation: cash won’t save you—purpose will.

2019-2021 | FIRE, Frugality, Spartan Economics

• Adopted über-minimalist living: one backpack, one camera, zero debt.
• Preached: own fewer things; own more freedom.
• Photography workshops became living case studies in pricing, value, and opportunity cost.

2022-2024 | Full-Throttle Crypto-Stoic-Capitalist Mode

• Branded my essays “Economics by KIM.”
• Launched manifestos like “Spartan Economics” and “Banks Are the True Menace to Society.”
• Bitcoin maximalism fused with street philosophy: walk the streets, stack the sats.

2025 | Now

• I see economics everywhere: in the rhythm of footsteps, the flick of a shutter, the rise and fall of markets.
• My mission: help you master BOTH—shoot epic photos and build unbreakable wealth.

Takeaway

Street photography sharpened my eye. Economics sharpened my mind. Together they forged an unstoppable, joy-powered life strategy.

Go forth, hustle joyfully, and STACK BOTH IMAGES & SATS!