The less friction, the better. The more direct approach we take in life, the better.

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In praise of digital photography

The upside of digital photography — more direct.

Shooting JPEG (you see what you get). Directly importing your photos to your computer. Direct upload to your website/blog.

Direct living

Direct living: not waiting for some unknown future before living your ideal life. Living your ideal life right now; today.

Direct publishing

Publishing directly to your own blog. Writing directly in the ‘new post’ editor in WordPress.org. The less kinks you have in your publishing pipeline, the better.

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Direct philosophy

Asking yourself:

If I had a trillion dollars in the bank, how would I live my life?

Not waiting until you retire before living your life how you want. Living your life RIGHT NOW!

For myself, my direct way of living:

Focusing right now on thinking, writing, making artwork, and sharing/publishing it [on this blog].

In praise of straight-lines

Many of us are currently at point A and we desire to get to point B. But we think in order to get to point B, we need ‘financial independence’. But I consider ‘financial independence’ as a red herring. What I mean is this:

No matter how rich you are, you won’t become financially independent until you change your mindset to believe that money isn’t the end-game.

Which means — you become financially independent when you no longer really care for money. When money doesn’t become a metric of success.