Month: December 2021

Nowadays, I find the masculine aesthetic or concept as very bizarre. for example, on one hand you have the steroid obsessed, bodybuilder look, and on the other hand you have the emasculated skinny-fat artist …

Why it is good to be polarizing I think it is perhaps Christian morality that says, make everybody like you, be an enemy to nobody, and do not polarize. But what if the best …

Hey friends a thought: when you think about buying something new, just ask yourself, do you think it is 1000 times better than what you already got, or will it improve your life by …

Beyond basic ways to use YouTube:

Document your morning routine:

A thought when it comes to black and white, and monochrome aesthetics in photography: When you make photos as dark as possible, and crush the blacks, and make the contrast the maximum, what we …

The privilege of being able to live without a car supersedes the privilege of having the most expensive car. In other words, it is a bigger and stronger flexed to tell other people that …

The purpose of life isn’t to maximize your happiness. But to maximize your power influence, and impact. Thus, with living matters, optimize and invest in anything that will help you become more influential, powerful, …

You become the prime mover, that is, you are the first one to start things. don’t wait for things to happen to you, have yourself happen to things.

In order to get more out of life, rather than wishing things were different, better to best harness what you already got, and to exploit it to the maximum. For example with photography, rather …

When you ask others for life advice, best to ask them for via Negativa advice or anti-advice: that is, asking them what not to do in order to achieve your desired outcome. For example, …

In order to get more out of life, in order to be less distracted more focused and productive, perhaps being anti-optimal is a good idea. This is called “satisficing”— A combination of the word …

Having a kid is the world’s best thing of all-time:

No amount of money will purchase your freedom. There is also no product or lifestyle that will also give you your freedom. True freedom is a mindset. As wealth is a mindset.

Even though I’m pretty anti-video games, I think that studying video games is actually a very fascinating way to understand humanity. For example, when you think about the initial grand theft auto and World …

What is it that we desire? Popular acclaim. It seems the common prejudice is the more, the better. for example, if you have an event, it is deemed more successful as the more people …

In the past, travel almost became too easy. When I was in college, traveling abroad was really difficult, especially before smart phones. Now with the global pandemic, and the never ending stream of Covid …

Whenever I think about my personal happiness, health and well-being, it seems that the more time I spend outdoors, that is simply time outside the house, the better. Why is this? I have some …

Why not obey your wise animal instincts, moment by moment?

Having the ability to study philosophy, think about philosophy, and any philosophical matters is a true luxury. When you no longer need to worry about basic financial things, let us think about Maslow‘s hierarchy …

Human, all too human once said Nietzsche. A thought: in life, why does everyone want to become more human, that is become more like everyone else, the masses? Perhaps it is better to become …

Being frugal is the new luxury. When you’re rich enough that you no longer desire or need to buy the most expensive stuff, this is true luxury. when you got nothing left to prove …

The barbell theory to life, avoid the middle. For example, with cars don’t buy a V6 engine, either get a 4 cylinder or a V-8. With investments, don’t do the boring middle risk funds. …

It seems right now, it is the worst time to buy a brand new car or a used car. The used car market is absurdly high. With new cars, it seems that the only …

Just finished watching the last duel, the new film from ridley Scott. some thoughts:

In other words, take more risks in photography, shoot more ‘random’ photos … and endlessly experiment.

We have been given the ‘one photo a day, for a year’ challenge. But this seems too basic. How about what if we 1000x ourselves, and think about quantity. And see– If we strive …

It seems people always say the cliche: “Quality over quantity”. But what if quantity were just as important as ‘quality’?

A practical thought when it comes to gear and equipment. Also with clothes and other things!

An observation: Things which I don’t like about how parents treat or raise kids … I see this same critique in adults. For example, I don’t like it when kids have too many toys …

What makes photography so fun and interesting to me: Constantly trying to figure out for myself– what makes a good photo. Also, always trying to keep photography fun and entertaining to myself by discovering …

What is my lust and my passion? The quest for ‘optimal simplicity‘, in terms of living/lifestyle, daily routines, photographic workflow, creative workflow, design, clothing, cars — I want it all.

Beyond 10xing yourself. 1000x as more ambitious. Can you become 1000 times more productive? Can you shoot 1000 photos a day? Can you try to do 1000 reps or some thing? How can you …

Silicon Valley is Slave Valley If you’re highly paid in Silicon Valley, it is like the Golden handcuffs version 2.0. High salaries breed complacency. And it doesn’t matter if you’re rich, or make a …

Better to live like a nomadic warrior than be a settled farmer. Travel Notes mobile.

In modern-day consumerism, we are presented with an array of choices, what to buy, and what not to buy. Yet the problem is there is an illusion of choice: we think we are unique …

If we consider minimalism as a new elitism, then it seems that the goal is to own as few goods as humanly possible, yet of the highest expense, material and quality.

Dear friend, an interesting turbo thought: the word for work, Ergon, is the same word as battle as in war. Which makes me think, maybe that when we think about our photographic work and …

The only ‘bad’ which exists is which pertains to cowardice. In life, think– When did I truly desire to do x, y, z … but it is cowardice that stood in my way? Perhaps …

I think one of the main ways we are suckered by modern day consumerism is the notion that we must invest in high-quality goods, which are very durable. But in actuality, I believe it …

Maybe in order to innovate more, we should become more spendthrift

Strive to keep losing weight, and subtracting weight.

A funny thing I learned about fashion: a lot of people try to force themselves to wear certain fashions, rather than thinking that the fashion should actually fit them. Thus, fashion is like a …

Every day you die, and you wake up, anew. This day, today is carte Blanche. How will you plan, attack and conquer today? ERIC

In beyond good and evil by Nietzsche, he says all living beings desire to discharge their strength. To me this is a very interesting idea, because this challenges what we typically think of standard …

Perhaps this is the road to the maximal productivity, and the best life. Work for the sake of it (arbeit) is a slave notion.

A thought: rather than thinking of just getting one or the other, for example gasoline versus electric, why not have both? For example, maybe plug in hybrid cars are the best cars, because they …

A concept I have, which pertains to finances, and life in general: have extreme buffer. For example, if you’re about to miss an exit on the freeway, allow yourself to extreme buffer to just …

Ever since I was a kid, I’ve always been into cars. For example when I was 15 years old, I bought my first used car, and for me it was a symbol of freedom …

A simple way to increase your chance of making interesting photos. Typically, when you’re afraid of something, it is because you actually want to photograph it. Thus, when you’re afraid, click the shutter. Or, …

One of the biggest reasons I love the Ricoh GR 3 so much is this: I no longer think about cameras, which allows me to just focus on my photography. What do camera companies …

I thought: I think there is a difference between what is the best, and what you like.

In order to become more productive, remove distractions. Also one of my practices is every day, trying to uninstall at least one app from my phone, or uninstall one app from my laptop. Also, …

If you focus on your health, everything will follow.

It seems that a lot of people regret things. They regret their actions, they regret not having done things, etc. But what is regret anyways? A theory: regret is some sort of strange self …