Month: March 2023

The sex, the allure, the promise.

Facts.

Why all this thoughts that a man can become a true and real man … just by being “sensitive”, “woke”, all this non physical nonsense?

My theory — democratic ideals. “All can become real men, without the necessity of physical courage and physical exertion”.

For example, a fat guy, or even worse — a skinny fat guy in a Lamborghini, Tesla, Ferrari Bugatti etc — can they be a real man just by their car? No.

The modern day thought is that masculinity can be purchased — via masculine things, tools, possessions (watches, money, homes, cars etc).

Capitalism and consumerism for men — the promise of masculinity?

The next step.

You’re back especially. And a waste of time — better to be physical out doors! Building the 905 piece Bugatti Bolide was a huge waste of time beyond building the base mechanical parts (steering wheel, working cylinder engine).

Lego theory on life — building cars, homes etc is a waste of time and health?

Instead — build your body.

This is what modern day capitalism and consumerism is all about. If I purchase x, y, z … then it will make me happy, fulfill me.

Truth — it may be fun, or add novelty to your life, or even make life more convenient … but it ain’t gonna bring you happiness. The only things which can bring you happiness is weight lifting at the gym, eating meat (beef, organ meats, rib meats, bone marrow, etc), meaningful creative work and output, health and sleep.

Then the final goal isn’t even for happiness, but for radical entrepreneurship and innovation!

“I used to give a fuck, now I give a fuck less.” – JAY Z

Bezos level.

Weight lifting, training your children, empowering and motivating and giving courage to your wife.

NOT video games, cars, toys, watches, computers, etc.

Beyond the initial fun and thrill of creating the functional parts of the Lego Technics— all this aesthetic and outward appearance stuff is hateful, tedious, unenjoyable labor? It doesn’t feel as it results in anything substantial?

For example, putting together the Lego Bugatti set, beyond the first step of making the functional steering wheel, and the functional 16th cylinder engine, all of the other steps to produce aesthetics is a waste of time.

Thus, the joy of Lego Technics is not the aesthetics in the appearance, but simply the mechanics inside.

Why I’m so good at Lego Technics? And into car design?

Or at least have the ability to hide it or tuck it away?

Only eat right before you intend to sleep.

Non interchangeable lens, non interchangeable battery, or storage.

Flash. No retracting lens mechanism. Automatically synced with the cloud.

iPhone Pro as modest first step — don’t think of it as a phone but camera?

HOW TO DO IT:

ALWAYS ADD MORE:

Next time I have to put some plates on bottom of my feet, to deal with the bar bending issue:

How I stretch before lifting (very) big:

Podcast

The best life is the life with maximum ambition:

Ambition is the ultimate virtue:

Audio

MOTIVATION BY KIM

Become more:

1. THERE IS SO MUCH OF THE WORLD TO PHOTOGRAPH!
2. The Philosophy of Optimism
3. What Slows You Down?
4. Meta Editing
5. Move Mass
6. What’s “Cool”?
7. No In-Between
8. Independent Aspirations
9. COMPULSION.
10. *BEYOND* PERFECT.
11. BUY BOOKS WHEN YOU WANT TO BUY GEAR.
12. How to Make More Photos
13. JUST MAKE MORE PHOTOS.
14. MY DESIRE TO CAPTURE IT ALL.
15. VISUAL DETOX.
16. Photography is Our Addiction
17. A BILLION PHOTOS
18. THE MOTIVATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER.
19. CURIOUS.
20. PROVOKE.
21. How to Do More Photography
22. PRACTICE.
23. TURBOCHARGE YOURSELF, TURBOCHARGE OTHERS.
24. LIFE IS ALL UPSIDE, NO DOWNSIDE.
25. PHOTO TURBO THOUGHTS
26. No Such Thing as Good or Bad; Simply Stimulating or Not Stimulating
27. The Best Genre is No Genre
28. The Key to Photographic Motivation
29. Pacifying Media, Motivational Media
30. Our Hunger for New Experiences
31. Mental Motivation
32. ALL ABOUT PHOTOGRAPHY.
33. The Photographer as Creator
34. Create *BEYOND* Yourself
35. Let Your Curiosity Drive Your Photography
36. LOVE YOUR PHOTOS.
37. Abstract Monochrome Photography
38. SHOOT WITHOUT THINKING.
39. Just Have Fun With Photography
40. Wu-Wei Effortless Motivation
41. CONSISTENCY x NOVELTY
42. Easily Bored?
43. Face Photography
44. How to Become More Self-Motivated in Your Photography
45. YOUR OWN PHOTOS ARE THE BEST PHOTOS.
46. On Sharing Your Favorite Photos
47. UBERABUNDANCE.
48. Peak Photographic Productivity
49. When to Review Your Photos
50. Serotonin and Photos
51. The Photos You Have Yet Shot are Your Most Important Photos
52. 3 Tips How to Master Photography
53. Do You Like Your Own Photos?
54. The Beauty of Mundane, Everyday Moments
55. Reasons Why to Be Optimistic About the Future
56. A Photography-Full Future
57. The More You Shoot, the Better
58. How Many Photos Should You Shoot Everyday?
59. Why Do We Love Motion?
60. Now is Your Chance to Shoot History in the Making
61. Photo by Photo
62. How and Why Photography Remains So Interesting to Me
63. How to Conquer Your Inner Photographic Critic
64. Thoughts on HDR Photography
65. New Year, New Photos
66. Why Exhibit Your Photos?
67. Photography is Visual Poetry
68. What’s the Purpose of Art?
69. Why Do We Photographers Have Such a Hard Time Staying Inspired and Motivated?
70. On Becoming a More Optimistic Photographer
71. Philosophy of Weather
72. How to Become a More Optimistic Photographer and Human
73. You Are a Creative Photographer
74. JUST SHARE YOUR ARTISTIC PROCESS WITH OTHERS.
75. What Motivates Me to Shoot?
76. How to Maximize Yourself to the Fullest
77. HOW TO MOVE AND MOTIVATE PEOPLE
78. Autotelic Photography
79. The more I go out and photograph the world, the more interesting and beautiful the world becomes
80. Why Photographers Have Such Low Self-Esteem
81. ERIC KIM MOTIVATION
82. Why Am I So Unmotivated?
83. EVERY DAY IS A NEW DAY
84. WHY ARE YOU SO UNMOTIVATED?
85. Movement is Motivation
86. How to Motivate Myself to Make New Photos
87. Never Stop Optimizing
88. How to Help and Motivate Others
89. Feed On Your Own Photos; Let Them Nourish You!
90. Competition is for Suckers
91. A Future Without Travel
92. How Google Can Improve Your Photography
93. DEVELOP YOURSELF.
94. NEVER STOP MOVING!
95. How I Self-Motivate Myself
96. Every Day the Sun is Birthed Anew
97. A Life Without Photography Isn’t a Life Worth Living
98. WIN.
99. 8 Practical Photography Assignments for You
100. Tabula Rasa, Blank Slate, Carte Blanche
101. RELENTLESS
102. LIFE IS THE ULTIMATE RPG
103. HYPER VIGOR
104. FRESH AIR PHOTOS
105. WHO IS GONNA THRIVE IN TODAY’S BRAVE NEW WORLD?
106. ARTISTIC OPTIMISM
107. PASSION, not Discipline
108. Better Bad Photos than No Photos
109. The Empowering Feeling of Failure
110. To Be Human is to Move
111. Enjoy the Process
112. Better Bad Photos than No Photos
113. Why Keep Making New Art and Photos, Indefinitely?
114. Photography Motivation: What if There is Nothing Interesting to Photograph?
115. Move First, Motivation Later
116. Motivation Follows the Action
117. In Praise of Heroes
118. 5 Tips How to Boost Your Creativity
119. How to Have Inspiration to Take Photos in the Suburbs
120. Anything that Motivates You to Move is Good!
121. The Productive Photographer is the Happiest Photographer!
122. Make Today Count!
123. How to Break Through Photographer’s Block
124. The Joyful Photographer
125. The Dancing Photographer
126. The Kaizen Process of Gradual Self-Improvement in Photography
127. It is Your Duty to Make Beautiful Pictures!
128. Making Pictures IS Happiness!
129. NO EXCUSES.
130. The Pomodoro Photography Technique
131. The ABC of Photography
132. Just Shoot It.
133. How to Change the World With Photography
134. How to Find Inspiration in Photography and Life
135. How to Overcome Resistance
136. Create Against the Past
137. How I Motivate Myself to Make Photos
138. Wear Your Camera Like a Necklace or Bracelet
139. Have Your Photos Come to You
140. How to Level Up in Your Photography
141. How Not to Give a Fuck of What Others Think of You
142. How to Overcome Procrastination in Your Photography
143. How to Reinspire Your Photography
144. What is Your Mission in Photography and Life?
145. How to Overcome Photographer’s Block
146. Be a Photographer Now
147. How to Overcome Boredom with Photography
148. Never Stop Growing as a Photographer
149. Why Do You Need “Inspiration” to Shoot?
150. Just Shoot.
151. 5 Things to Do If You’ve Lost Your Passion for Photography
152. How to Have Unshakeable Confidence in Yourself
153. Don’t Give Up On Your Dream
154. Don’t Waste Your Potential
155. Unlock Your Potential
156. Empower Others With Your Photography
157. Why You Shouldn’t Follow Your Passion in Photography

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Also, ambition isn’t just making more money.

For the M2 chip, even better than the MacBook Air 13 inch, or even the new 14 inch MacBook Pro.

At this point, money is no longer a factor. Technically, I can afford anything. Now, the greater consideration is whether I care for it or not.

Not a good sign when tech and Apple fan boys like myself find none of the products interesting besides the iPad Pro.

iPhone SE may be currently the best iPhone. Maybe even better than iPhone mini?

Creative solutions.

Thus my passion for design, cars, architecture, aesthetics, clothing and fashion, photography video and beyond?

Stealth fighter, stealth bomber. Perhaps in every day life, best to be stealth?
Also the funny thing about the word stealth, apparently it comes from the notion “to steal”. Thus, if you were a thief, certainly you would not want to draw attention to yourself.

What would be an urban or suburban stealth?

The contradiction in America is that we give all this mumbo-jumbo to the virtues of real breaking, but in actuality, it is highly discouraged. For example, one is not permitted to talk differently, break social norms, or talk in a politically insensitive, inappropriate manner.

For example, as a liberal left person, my speech is always been police. I’m not allowed to call women “girls”, etc. Even though I don’t mean any sort of political connotation behind it; it’s just easier to say. Women or woman is a mouth full — girl is easier and shorter.

Perhaps this is why the term Caucasian or African-American has fallen out of vote, it is a mouthful. To say “White“ or “black” is easier.

Perhaps in America, the greatest privilege we have is having the privilege of testing our limits.

What is it that Achilles lusted after? The lust of battle.

Or better yet, King Leonidas.

The most difficult thing, with a lot of things in life is figuring out just how to get started. For example, going to the gym, photography, street photography, etc.

Experience is all about just figuring out how to get started?

Just go to the gym!

So often we are afraid of getting “in trouble“, but in truth, nobody notices and nobody cares?

Theory; we humans have a deep connection with our memories and places?

For example, this is how the memory palace technique works?