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BUILD OR BUY?

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More fun to build, make, modify, customize, or transfigure stuff than to buy stuff!

1. Body building

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Build your body through lifting weights and resistance training. Lift heavy deadlift, squat, bench, dumbbell press, chin-ups, and eat lots of meat. Lift everyday. Transform and build your body — your #1 possession!

The fun thing with bodybuilding:

Anyone and everyone can build their body, sculpt their body like a piece of marble.

Honestly at this point I admire my body like I’d admire if I owned a Lamborghini. Except it’s always with me, on me, and it is me!

2. Strength building

Build your strength through training. My regimen:

Attempt to increase my “one rep maximum” every week by 5 pounds.

If I fail, it isn’t a big deal. I just take a few days off (from that particular lift), eat more meat, sleep a lot, then attempt again! If I fail two weeks in a row no biggie. I just keep attempting until I succeed!

For me, the best style of training is “powerlifting”. No belt. No roids. No protein powder, no supplements. No sugars or carbs. Only water, coffee, and lots of meat.

3. Cars

My teenage favorite car — Sentra SE-R (b13) with SR20DE engine:

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  • sentra se-r b13

Cooler to buy and modify your car than to buy a new and cool car.

To buy something cool takes no skill, it only shows your taste. When you build something cool, it requires your skill and artistic vision.

What do I prefer to do for fun instead? Sketch car designs I like:

  • Lamborghini abstract by ERIC KIM
  • Lamborghini Trace.
  • Lamborghini by Eric Kim

As you study and sketch, you create. You accentuate, identify beautiful parts, deconstruct. To deconstruct is also a creative act.

4. Art

you’re an artist. You create and build and make yourself own artwork.

your photos can be your artwork:

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Street Photography Starter Kit

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HENRI WRIST STRAP PRO

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Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Photography Entrepreneurship

My brand-new Udemy Course, "Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Photography Entrepreneurship" now live!

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Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Mastering Photography

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ERIC KIM WORKSHOPS

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Unleash your creative potential:

2021:

  • April 10-11th, 2021: BOSTON / Discover Your Unique Voice in Photography Workshop [Register Intent Here]
  • May 1-2nd, 2021: CHICAGO / Street Photography Composition Masterclass [Register Intent Here]
  • May 22-22nd, 2021: NEW YORK CITY / STREET PHOTOGRAPHY MASTERCLASS by ERIC KIM [Register Intent Here]

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