Some fun thoughts:
The first thought is in regards to clothing. I truly believe that if you have the right clothes, you can do anything and everything.
Especially during the winter months, what is it that holds us back? Our fear of the cold, and the pain from the cold. It seems that the best way to overcome and conquer this is to just wear the right clothes. Merino wool, down, layers, anything which can allow you to spend more time outside, outside of the house, is good.
I say that instead of spending a lot of money on your car, just have a really really cheap and free car, for example I got my mom‘s old 2009 Hyundai Sonata for free, and spent only about $2000 USD to flush out all of the transmission fluids, oil change, fix some superficial parts, etc., and now essentially it drives like a brand new car. I got a really really good family sedan, low-key, a good beater, for only $2000 USD!
My really proud point:
In my entire adult life, ever since I was 15 years old, up until age 35, I have never spent more than $2500 USD on a car.
My list of cars:
- Age 15: $1200 USD on a 1991 Central XE, four-door, white sedan, five speed manual transmission car, no tachometer
- Age 17: $1500 USD on a 1991 Sentra SER, two-door coupe, SR 20DE engine, white, 5 speed manual
- Age 20:1990 Mazda Miata, red, convertible droptop, five speed manual transmission, no power steering, no air conditioning, no power anything: $2500 USD.
- Age 34: 2003 Subaru outback wagon, five speed manual transmission, 200,000 miles on the dash, $800 USD.
- Age 35, 2009 Hyundai sonata, $0.00
Even moving forward, I think my new record now is to not spend any money on the car. That if for some reason I get a new car, it will either be given to me for free from some car company, or some car company lets me borrow it for free. The upside of being a “influencer“.
Photo Feed
I have this notion of photo feed; that your blog, assuming that somebody books marks it, and accesses it 50 times a day, every time they reload your blog in chrome, there will always be something new for them to witness.
Something I’ve realized is this:
The most important thing for a website or blog is to always have new things to witness and experience.
I think this is also why it is a wise idea to allow yourself to diversify your interests, and simply publish anything and everything, with less thought and consideration. For example, I would love if Kanye West restarted his blog, and instead of just posting things to Twitter, posting it to his own blog instead. Why? The blog allows for more fidelity, and also, you can hide all of those pesky social media metrics.
Stream on
Another thought I have is that it is so interesting that all of these digital technologies have some sort of water metaphor. For example, the pirate bay and “torrentingâ€, streaming, live stream, making waves, etc. These are all water metaphors.
This is the reason why I really enjoyed going to the Santa Monica pier with Seneca, watching the water. When surrounded by water, or even on a cruise ship, it is insanely inspiring to see the water. Why? The power of the ocean is limitless, and the waves from the wind are also limitless. A thought:
What if you could become like the ocean? Never stop flowing.
You never step in to the same river twice
Probably one of the wisest things from Heraclitus; the basic idea is that you can go back to the same place, but it will never be the same. Why? Because you have changed.
For example, every day you are changing biologically. The 35-year-old Eric Kim is very different from the 25 year old Eric Kim, and also very different from the 15-year-old Eric Kim.
The foolish thing that a lot of people do is trying to be their old selves. Why would you want to be your old self? I think it is better to be your new self than your old self.
For example, it is far better to be a Tesla model S Plaid, then some old Porsche 911 car. A lot of people think it is cool to be classic, however my personal thought is that being future is better. For example, would you rather have fiber optic Internet, or 56K? Would you rather live in the old ass house, or a brand new skyrise condominium, with floor to ceiling windows?
Why do we romanticize the old and the past?
Perhaps it is because we lack imagination?
For example, it doesn’t require imagination to think about the past. The past is already set in stone, it is easily studyable, and interpretable. The future is much more fuzzy, and impossible to decipher.
Thinking about the future, and paving the future requires a lot more imagination, guts, and chutzpah. Also, audacity, and a little bit of insanity.
Name one genius that isn’t crazy
Let us consider our best friend Elon Musk; if he wasn’t so “crazy“, could he have pioneered a rocket ship that is reusable and can reset itself? Or, create a car that goes from 0 to 60 in 1.99 seconds, and costs a 10th of a comparable supercar?
I’m starting to realize more and more, in order to think about the future, create the future, or live differently, you must afford yourself a little bit of insanity. Why? No insanity, no future.
Permit yourself to be a little bit more audacious
I think in order to see the future, we must allow ourselves to become a little bit more crazy and audacious. My personal thought is it is better to attempt an insanely audacious goal, and fall short of it, rather than setting some sort of realistic goal, and obtaining it.
ATTEMPT ON!
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DID YOU KNOW?
Thinking Bill Nye the science guy; did you know that the word essay comes from the French assay, which just means attempt?
Therefore, when you write an essay, it is not a definitive source of proof or knowledge, but rather, an attempt towards proving a certain point or proposing a certain idea.
Also, the word philosophy. Philosophy literally means love of wisdom, or the striving towards wisdom.