Stairs or elevator?

Just optimized for what is more convenient right now.

We spend so much money on our cars and things, why not ourselves?

I don’t like it when the striving towards optimization changes the way I want to do things!

For example, would you rather be a perfectly happy Buddhist monk, destitute, with no possessions or power, or would you rather be on unhappy American entrepreneur? I think I would prefer the second.

I prefer the scenario where you have more power.

Buddhism works. For happiness. A Buddhist country like Cambodia, cheer in Phnom Penh, I can see the Cambodians are actually very very happy. The only unhappy ones are the ones who are in touristy areas like Siem Reap, becoming corrupted by foreigners and degenerate expats.

Or another example, would you rather be a perfectly happy cow, or the hungry wolf? Or the juicy lamb, or the eagle?

The upside of vlogging; greater information density.

More health will make you happier, not more money.

In fact, when you are “happy“, it is just a reflection that you are healthy. Therefore, in order to augment your happiness, augment your health.

Also, the lesson is this: health is supreme. Optimize your life, and world, to keep maximizing and improving and upgrading your health.

This means, no pork, no Indian food, no alcohol, no marijuana, nothing that will impair your digestion, sleep, or well-being.

Also, I’m starting to get suspicious of eggs. Most eggs seem too industrialized now, no taste. Just eat more beef.

Daily log book.

Another reason not to eat Indian food.

We consider it virtuous to defend others, but for some reason, not ourselves? For example, to be seen defensive as seen as bad?

Old car, new components? Or old things, retrofit them with new components. For example, the joy just getting an older Prius, and getting you blocked out headlights and tail lights.

Just eat more meat, red flesh, creatine just means flesh.

Don’t take the pre-workout powder, just drink black coffee, steaight, no sugar or no additives

Poor digestion, poor sleep?

For example, don’t frame your purchases or expenses, in accordance to other standards of cost. Rather, best to just look at your entire net worth, or entire savings, or entire value, and US dollars, and lump it all together, and see all of your expenses coming from the one source. Do not sequester, or segment your expenses, or your money.

for example, imagine your real life like Diablo two; all of your expenses coming from your one gold stash.

Why I don’t really like taking Seneca to the park anymore; parks are not natural. Parks are not the real world.

What holds back, slows down (retards) or retro (rolls backwards) progress?

Anti clubs. Don’t try to fit in.

They feature too much on new specifications and tech, not the aspirational qualities (Americans).

Especially if you gotta go into debt for it. Only nuance — if you get a 100% free ride. Then college (if free) is just a fun experience!

In marketing, less focus on numbers. More focus on aspirational qualities!

Too many distractions from products, advertisements, etc.

My resistance of just getting another MacBook laptop. I prefer a new concept?

People say “a little sugar” or “sugar in moderation” is fine. But why don’t we say that “just a little bit of smoking”, or “social smoking”, or “smoking in moderation” is ok?

Setting up all this two factor authentication etc — you end up getting locked out of your own account!

A more accurate and precise way of asking “Where are you from?”

AUDIO

Information in space, and interplanetary Internet and Wi-Fi; probably will be insanely insanely insanely slow, therefore, in someways, plain text is the future.

I just did something very very fun at the gym; I attempted to do a micro squat of 540 pounds. And, it was a pretty transformative experience.

First of all, one transformative thought and life lesson:

If you attempt to lift a very very very very very heavyweight, something you have not attempted before, you should not record yourself.

Why is this? Because it will rob you of your focus. With danger requires focus. This is why I imagine that Indy or Formula One race car drivers probably don’t listen to music or podcasts when they are extreme racing. Because when it is a life or death matter, or when it is a very very dangerous matter, your supreme focus is key. Therefore, when I attempted this 540 pound squat, which is about 3.3x my body weight, no distractions. No music, no podcast, no headphones, no AirPods. No straps, no knee wraps, no wrist drafts, no belt, etc. All I used was some chalk, to chalk up my hands, and chalk up the bar. And I did it in a “back squat” form using a thumbless (“suicide”) grip.

So how did it go? Very well! This is how I would explain it:

First of all, today I felt in supreme health and vigor. I limited my coffee and caffeine intake before 11 AM, and in the evening, I eat all you can eat shabu shabu. Therefore, I slept very well.

Also, when going to the gym, I actually successfully deadlifted 540 pounds, about two or three days ago.

When going to the gym, I spend a lot of time warming up, stretching, doing dynamic exercises, etc. And then when it came to the squat, this was my progression:

1. First, just squatting the bar, ass to grass.
2. Then, adding a 25 kg plate to each side. The red one. Then squatting it ass to grass.
3. Then adding another 25 kg plate to each side, then squatting it ass to grass.
4. Then adding another 25kg plate to each side, then just doing a mini squat
5. Big break … and hype up.

The big kahuna

Then how did I finally do the big kahuna? This is how I would describe it:

First, I spend a really really long time trying to focus and hype myself up. This meant … walking around, staring into the distance, going to the bathroom several times, etc.

Then finally, when I felt like I was ready and maximally focused and hyped, I chalked up my hands (again) and slapped myself on the chest and thighs (HAKKA MAORI STYLE), then went to the bar.

Once at the bar, I grabbed the bar, and stared into it, and into the distance. I waited patiently for my energy to focus, and my mind to go blank. Then I started yelling really loud (power grunts, hype up words) and did some Ronnie Coleman quotes (“Lightweight baby, ain’t nothing but a peanut!”) And in my mind, I had the vision of the Farnese Hercules and his epic thighs in my mind.

Then, I yelled “KILL! POWER!!!” and attacked the bar, with my back squat form, then lifted the weight, walked back a few steps (felt the very heavy weight on my shoulders) and proceeded to do a micro-squat.

When I successfully was able to micro squat it (just a little downwards), then the fun part:

Walking it back to the bar, to re-rack it.

Squat as a weight bearing, and re-racking exercise?

Then, the fun part– walking back to re-rack it.

This is where things get interesting– because I thought:

Cool, I did a micro squat … now what?

Then the goal became to slowly, steadily, walk back towards the rack, and re-rack it.

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Slow and steady does it

Slow and steady is the best technique.

The thing I have never felt before was as I was walking, I could feel the weight (barbell) bouncing around, because the weight is so heavy (the barbell was bending; remember the Hugh Jackman Quote– ‘If it ain’t bendin, you pretendin’)

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I steadily walked back, confidently, but also knowing that if I took one wrong step or got distracted, I actually might not be able to successfully re-rack the weight. Here a small feeling of danger gave me additional focus.

Then, I re-racked the left side (carefully), and then felt the really really heavy weight on the right side (my wrist), but was also able to successfully re-rack the right side.

Mission accomplished.

The thing I never felt before like that– my wrists feeling that sore. So instead of being ‘greedy’ (I already did something insanely epic for myself) and instead of doing another floor bench press, or heavy dumbbell press, to not further bear any weight on my wrists, and to just go home.

And this was a good idea. Now as I’m typing this, my wrists feel great and fine!

So now what?