Life is Too Short to Be Miserable

If you have a choice and option in life, opt to *NOT* be miserable. Don’t surround, interact or engage with miserable people, consume miserable news, have miserable thoughts, or dwell on past misery or uncertainty.

What should we opt for instead? Exuberant joy. Happiness made visible (Nietzsche’s idea). Triumph. A childlike naïveté towards the world, with great optimism and hope/joy for the future.

PHILOSOPHY by KIM

Philosophical Essays

  1. What Consumption Takes Skill?
  2. OFF THE GRID.
  3. REALITY IS CRUEL.
  4. Pain is Information
  5. WHY REMOVE VULGARITY AND DISORDER FROM OUR EYES?
  6. AUTOTELIC.
  7. UNPLUG.
  8. How to Become a Philosopher
  9. SUBOPTIMAL IS OPTIMAL
  10. THE LUST FOR MORE.
  11. TO DO IS TO BECOME.
  12. IN PRAISE OF AGGRESSIVE.
  13. THE PHILOSOPHY OF OPTIMISM
  14. OUR PHILOSOPHICAL WILL TO EXISTENCE
  15. Is Hope a Vice?
  16. MOVE MEAN
  17. Carte Blanche Ideals
  18. One Interesting Thought
  19. What Lasts? What Doesn’t Last?
  20. A WOUND STIMULATES THE RECUPERATIVE POWERS
  21. Children & Purpose
  22. Thoughts on Becoming a Parent
  23. Where Does Our Desire to Upgrade Come From?
  24. WE ALWAYS NEED SOMETHING FURTHER TO ASPIRE TO.
  25. Self-Task Yourself an Awesome Mission in Life
  26. Differentiation vs Equalization
  27. My Passion to *Become* Something More
  28. No Aesthetic or Ethos is Forever
  29. What is Your Higher Purpose in Life?
  30. IT WILL NEVER SATISFY YOU.
  31. How to Decide
  32. Things You *Want* to Do vs Things You *MUST* Do
  33. Towards a More Beautiful Mode of Existence and Future
  34. EXTREME GRATITUDE.
  35. AMAP (As Much as Possible) or None.
  36. Why or How Does it Matter?
  37. The Philosophy of Time and Events
  38. How *Not* to Resent
  39. FORWARD LOOKING
  40. DOMAIN FLEXIBILITY.
  41. The Miracle of Human Growth
  42. EXTREME ADAPTATION.
  43. Why Plan?
  44. You Don’t Need to Justify Yourself
  45. The Philosophy of Ego
  46. True vs False Passions
  47. How to Achieve Tranquility
  48. On Making Your Own Philosophy
  49. The Purpose of Life is to Create New Life
  50. Think On!
  51. The Wisdom of Doing Nothing
  52. Congruency
  53. My Thoughts on Meditation
  54. The Philosophy of Purpose
  55. Emulate Yourself
  56. Good Fear, Bad Fear
  57. For the Betterment of Humanity or Just Yourself?
  58. What you *really* believe in and care for is manifested through your actions (or non-actions)
  59. Why Culture is Your Enemy
  60. YOUR EXPERIENCES ARE KING.
  61. LIFE IS INHERENTLY GOOD.
  62. Artistic, Physical, and Philosophical Muscles
  63. All New Experiences are Good Experiences
  64. What is the Purpose of X?
  65. UTILITY.
  66. Philosophy is a Luxury
  67. The Attempt is More Interesting than the Result
  68. Joyfulness vs “Happiness”
  69. Effectiveness Over Happiness
  70. Self Actualization
  71. MAXIMAL ENGAGEMENT
  72. Life & Pain
  73. On Living Every Day with No Regret
  74. Learn as if you’re going to live forever, live as if you’re going to die tomorrow
  75. Live Every Day Like it Were the Last Day of Your Life
  76. Self-Determination
  77. FALSE GRATITUDE vs REAL GRATITUDE
  78. HOW TO LIVE MORE
  79. THE UPSIDE OF TRAGEDY
  80. Satisfaction is a Sucker’s Game
  81. Supreme Repose
  82. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF LIFE? According to ERIC KIM
  83. STUBBORN, FLEXIBLE
  84. EVERYTHING HAPPENS AS IT *SHOULD* HAVE HAD HAPPENED
  85. Good Addiction, Bad Addiction?
  86. What is the Best Life?
  87. The Philosophy of Thinking
  88. The Philosophy of Conspiracies
  89. Conspiracies
  90. Growth
  91. Skepticism.
  92. What Do You Really Want Out of Life?
  93. Seem or Be?
  94. Learn Through Pain
  95. Respect Yourself
  96. In Praise of Elitism
  97. Why Independent Thinking?
  98. I Will Never Die
  99. Bitter is Better
  100. The Genesis of Nihilism and Existential Dread
  101. The Ethics of Personal Enrichment
  102. Good vs Not Good
  103. Punished by Privilege
  104. Abstinence Over Moderation
  105. Just Leave Others Alone
  106. You Can Only Critique that Which You Truly Understand and Love
  107. ERIC KIM Critique of Metaphysics
  108. Only Trust Philosophers Who Deadlift
  109. Heuristic: If Someone Talks Shit About Others Behind Their Back, Most Likely They’re Also Talking Shit About You Behind Your Back
  110. Virtue is a Privilege
  111. What Are Your Life Goals?
  112. Honesty
  113. Why I’m Anti Moderation
  114. No Spite, No Malice.
  115. Ascending Life or Descending Life?
  116. Double Edged Sword
  117. Ignorance.
  118. Why I Don’t Trust “Nice Guys”
  119. Why You Must Share Your Opinion
  120. Selfish Isn’t Evil
  121. Wisdom is the Goal
  122. YOU ARE KING.
  123. MASTER YOURSELF
  124. What is “Good” for You is Often what is Bad for You
  125. Care.
  126. BITTERSWEET
  127. ONE REP MAX
  128. Morality and Ethics is the Snare
  129. BY HELPING YOURSELF, YOU BEST HELP OTHERS
  130. Insanity is Good.
  131. Think Deep.
  132. PHILOSOPHY IS THE FUTURE.
  133. Open Mind vs Closed Mind
  134. ENTHUSIASM IS GENIUS
  135. Towards a More Critical and Rigorous Line of Thinking
  136. How to Encourage and a Foster Independent and Free Thinking
  137. What is the Purpose of Life?
  138. WHY PHILOSOPHY IS SUPREME.
  139. Elitism.
  140. I Cannot Form an Opinion About Somebody Until I’ve Met Them in the Flesh
  141. ALL GENETICS ARE GOOD GENETICS.
  142. Happiness vs Freedom
  143. The Birth of a Hater
  144. My Way Isn’t the Right Way
  145. Walking as an Existential Thing
  146. Why I’m So Tolerant
  147. Mortal Gods
  148. THE HUMAN SPECIES
  149. Why I’m So Skeptical
  150. Just Follow the Money
  151. Why Selfish?
  152. WHY WE CANNOT BLAME OTHERS
  153. Why Are We So Anti Elitism?
  154. What Actually Interests You?
  155. How to Become Yourself
  156. SELF HATE
  157. Optimistic Fatalism
  158. Death is the Ultimate Creative Constraint
  159. FLUX.
  160. How to Think for Yourself
  161. FLESH
  162. How to Live the Best Life
  163. Why Live a Life Without Regrets?
  164. Why Plato Ruined Art and Aesthetics for Us
  165. Self Respect
  166. Hypocrite vs Contradict
  167. Ideals vs Reality
  168. Spaceship Philosophy
  169. What is Your Ideal Life?
  170. MY EXTREME GRATITUDE TOWARDS LIFE AND BEING ALIVE!
  171. Critique of Utilitarianism
  172. Don’t Treat Others the Way You Want to Be Treated
  173. The Eternal Recurrence of Tragedy and Joy in Life
  174. Elite Asceticism
  175. Why I Don’t Like Numbers
  176. Action and Reaction, Cause and Effect
  177. The Antidote to Nihilism: The Philosophy of Nothingness
  178. ERIC KIM Notes on Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
  179. EXPLOIT CHAOS.
  180. WHY I DON’T BELIEVE IN GENETICS
  181. Self-Wisdom
  182. The Future Belongs to the Fearless
  183. INDIVIDUALISM
  184. Why Live Forever?
  185. THIS TOO WILL PASS.
  186. Why Education?
  187. How to Become Yourself
  188. Things Shouldn’t Go Back to the Way They Used to Be
  189. Why Am I So Cruel?
  190. The Great Joy of Existence
  191. Virtue for the Sake of Virtue
  192. NO DISDAIN.
  193. INTELLIGENT IGNORANCE
  194. A LIFE WITHOUT PAIN, DIFFICULTY OR TRAGEDY ISN’T A LIFE WORTH LIVING
  195. BITTER IS BETTER.
  196. EXPLOIT THE BEST FROM TRAGEDY AND LIFE 
  197. DISREGARD FOR SELF-PRESERVATION
  198. PAIN.
  199. WHAT IF EVERYTHING IS NOT GONNA BE ALRIGHT?
  200. Tomorrow is Never
  201. Life is the Ultimate Creative Constraint
  202. EMBODIED REALITY
  203. BLACK SWAN
  204. THINGS WILL NEVER GO BACK TO THE WAY THEY USED TO BE
  205. What are you *really* afraid of?
  206. HAPPINESS ISN’T THE GOAL
  207. Philosophy is King
  208. Why is Selfish Evil?
  209. YOU’RE CONSTANTLY IN A STATE OF BECOMING
  210. ENTITLEMENT A SIN?
  211. NARCISSISM
  212. BE BRUTALLY HONEST WITH YOURSELF
  213. WHY FREE WILL?
  214. OBEY YOUR OPINION
  215. EGO IS GOOD.
  216. WHY IT IS GOOD TO BE INTO YOURSELF
  217. Seek the Good Pain
  218. Anti-Perfection in Photography, Art, and Life
  219. Can You Become an End into Yourself?
  220. WHY I LIVE
  221. Why I Hate Decline
  222. Why I Eat
  223. Why am I So Positive and Optimistic?
  224. EFFORT IS ENJOYMENT
  225. Never Stop Gaining
  226. TRUST YOURSELF
  227. A Life of Maximal Personal Independence
  228. What Do You Desire to Become?
  229. What Do I Want from Technology?
  230. Stratified Society
  231. Do You Love or Hate Reality?
  232. On the Brian, Body and Mind
  233. I’m Maximally Happy, Now What?
  234. Care over Fame
  235. ACTIVE NIHILISM
  236. Never Stop Subtracting
  237. How to Live a Happier and More Epic Life
  238. A Risker Life is a Better Life
  239. Only Work on Things You Can Imagine Doing for Eternity
  240. How to Maximize Your Happiness
  241. Influence
  242. The Gladiator Makes His Plans once He Enters the Ring
  243. Meditations on Meaning in Life
  244. There is Nothing More Interesting than Human Beings
  245. Is Hope a Vice?
  246. EGO
  247. Why Be Unique?
  248. Happiness is Metabolism Health and Strength
  249. You’re the Hero
  250. Is Productivity a Virtue or Vice?
  251. Why Do We Prize the Rare?
  252. The Joy of Uncertainty
  253. How Should I Best Use My Time and Life?
  254. A Life Without Pain or Suffering Isn’t a Life Worth Living
  255. Free or Unfree?
  256. What Do You Really Care For in Life?
  257. Anti-Satisfaction in Life
  258. Why Think?
  259. The Eternal Return
  260. Only Do What is Best for You!
  261. Truthiness
  262. Why Be Happy?
  263. Permissionless Living
  264. In Praise of Unconventional Wisdom
  265. Become the Change Which You Wish to See in the World
  266. Happiness
  267. Beyond Freedom
  268. Idolize People, Not Stuff
  269. What Makes You Stronger? What Makes You Weaker?
  270. Why Hate?
  271. The Secret of Happiness
  272. You’re Constantly in a State of Becoming
  273. Life is about Choices, Not Obligations
  274. Anti-Nihilism
  275. First, Do What is Best for You.
  276. Live Dynamic
  277. How to Prosper
  278. Is the Point of Life to Be Satisfied?
  279. SUPREME EFFORT OF WILL.
  280. How to Become more Idealistic
  281. Thrivival 101
  282. Create Yourself
  283. Non-Small
  284. Inspiration
  285. How to Live a Heroic Life: Dare the Heights!
  286. Human Augmentation
  287. Prune
  288. Happiness: Do What You Want to Do (And Don’t Do What You Don’t Want to Do)
  289. Avoid Vain (Empty) Pursuits in Life
  290. Modern Slavery
  291. Kill the Leeches
  292. Wisdom Augmentation
  293. Why We Need Friction in Life
  294. Straight Line Philosophy
  295. What’s Your End-Game in Life?
  296. Create Your Own Happiness Today
  297. Desire Both Pain and Pleasure in Life
  298. Try the Impossible
  299. SELF-RESPECT
  300. Anti-Social Extrovert
  301. Never Blame Anybody But Yourself
  302. Human Flourishing
  303. Simpler, Not Better.
  304. How to be Free
  305. Embrace the Extremes
  306. Cultivate Your Own Culture
  307. COURAGE.
  308. Thrivival
  309. Inner Power
  310. How to Live a Purposeful Life
  311. My Definition of Happiness
  312. Why Change is Good
  313. Why Work?
  314. How to Live the Happiest Possible Life
  315. The Two-Pronged Approach to Maximize Joy in Your Life
  316. You Always Have Another Option!
  317. INFINITISM
  318. Never Stop!
  319. What is Your Self-Directed Purpose in Life?
  320. Live Today Like it Were Your Last
  321. Do You Photograph to Live, or Live to Photograph?
  322. ARTIST-PHILOSOPHER
  323. Live Life to the Fullest!
  324. In Praise of Selfishness
  325. Why You Must Be a YAY-SAYER to Succeed in Entrepreneurship and Life
  326. Why I Love Walking
  327. Live Life Like a Video Game!
  328. Simple Luxuries in Life
  329. Treat Your Life Like a Fun Experiment!
  330. Only Prove it to Yourself
  331. You Don’t Always Need to Feel Joyful to Live a Fulfilling and Meaningful Life
  332. Life is Too Short to Be Bored!
  333. Money Cannot Destroy Boredom
  334. How to Find Inspiration in Life
  335. Why You Must Ignore Haters to Succeed and Win in Life
  336. An Active Life is a Happy Life
  337. My Simple Joys in Life
  338. Never Stop Striving
  339. How to Motivate Yourself in Life
  340. How to Be Optimistic in Life
  341. How to Dictate Your Purpose in Life
  342. In Praise of a Dynamic Life
  343. PURPOSE.
  344. How to Enjoy Life
  345. Photography Therapy
  346. How to Conquer Regret
  347. Take Your Play Very Seriously.
  348. How to Prosper
  349. Memento Vivere
  350. Destroy in Order to CREATE
  351. Trust Your Body More Than Your Mind
  352. Make Photos to Make Meaning in Your Life
  353. Seek Knowledge, Not Information
  354. The Purpose of Human Life
  355. How to Overcome Impedence
  356. Why I Love Death
  357. How to Be Centered in the Eternal Now
  358. How to Be Happy
  359. Why Do You Care What Others Think of You?
  360. Why I’m Happy
  361. Why?
  362. Why I’m So Prolific
  363. How to Reduce LAG in Life

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