I’m never satisfied can’t match my hustle.
Perhaps this is the funny thing about… Sometimes when you have enough, it’s not enough. And sometimes when it is not enough, actually… It is enough?
what’s in your power and what is not in your power?
So certain things which are not in your power: macro economics, the stock market, bitcoin, price, etc. Therefore, as a simple principle… Economic, wealth, and power is maybe like 50% in your control? Because you do have agency you do have a choice in control, however… You do not have 100% power over it.
What do you have 100% power over?  you have 100% ambition, and control of your hustle.
The principle of life
I think the principle of life is overcoming any and every obstacle, the deepest of hells, the most sublime tragedies.
Dionysian ecstasy
OK, I’m not gonna lie… This might be one of the most difficult points to make:
What if… The worst most extreme tragedies in real life, magnified by 1 million… Or in fact, the stimulus is for supreme Joy gratitude and Thanksgiving…?
is life about gratitude?
In some ways… There are many unknown unknown… Unknown tragedies, like the loss of life… Which is in fact, the most supreme tragedies of them all.
I used to think that economic loss was the worst, but it is not. Human life is the worst.
Even Marcus Aurelius meditated much on this –> apparently he had like, lost almost all 10 of his kids , and if you think about it… Being emperor is no easy task.
do you want to be the emperor?
I suppose the big question is… whether you would want to be emperor or not.
I suppose the good thing is when you think about the treasury of the empire… You depersonalize it… It is not your treasury or your wealth, but the both of the empire. And therefore, it is your task to manage it as Wesely as possible, not for your own benefit, but for the benefit of the empire.
a wise empire?
Marcus Aurelius was the last good emperor, maybe the only one.
I think the reason why his meditations are so pure is because he just wrote them for himself, Autotelic, in order to give him some personal tranquility. Therefore everything he writes is raw and honest because these were not intended to be published, it was kind of more of like a private journal or diary he wrote for himself.
hyper stimulus
The other day I did a trap bar deadlift of over 1000 pounds, and, obviously, I am very sore, the evening of, and onto the next day. Fortunately, I ate well, got some good digestive movements this morning, slept well, etc.
So the first thought is, the supreme thing to monitor is health, biological health.
When we think about money and wealth… It is almost like tokens or points or a measure of health.
So when we established or frame a certain amount of wealth, as being like 100% health and vitality… That becomes our new anchor point, and any deviation from that weather up or down is seen as gain or loss.
According to Nietzsche ,,, if we think about this more deeply or more critically… Assuming a world of no gain or no loss. This is a powerful idea.