In praise of risky supervised play.

I love to cook it, eat it, slice it (preparing it), and think about it:

I enjoy the meat lifestyle

Also the zen philosophy — meat has all your ”essential” nutrition. No supplements required.

Also note — nobody is allergic to meat nor has a severe intolerance to it (compare this with cashew, peanut, legume allergies).

Diet Vegans

I think most people pick up veganism to lose fat. The whole ”I’m doing it for the planet” seems like a ruse.

Just like how I don’t trust people with an @aol.com email address, I don’t trust people on Instagram.

The only difference is how (the means) in which people feel supreme to others.

What Bitcoin is to me.

It takes more courage to delete something than to hoard something.

To build maximum strength:

The power is in your hips!

SEIZE THE PHOTO!

Avoid and be wary of people with too many “feelings”. A sign of sickness.

If you’re healthy, keep away from the sick. Use a face mask. Don’t interact with sick people — whether literal or metaphorical.

If you desire to wage war, you must be on the front lines. If you want ”gun rights”, consider — how do you feel about exposing your own personal children to gunmen?

Health as the ultimate.

My ideal evening routine:

Seek 1000x more effectiveness.

To resist from pettiness — our first stoic rule.

STOICISM 101

Become invincible:

1. STOIC STRATEGIES.
2. How to Become Fearless
3. Extreme Stoicism
4. Ethics are Aesthetic
5. Indifference to Pain or Suffering
6. When is Stoicism Good? When is Stoicism Bad?
7. Why Others Criticize or Insult You
8. True Difficulty
9. What if Covid Never Goes Away?
10. SUPER STOIC
11. Anti-Hedonism
12. HOW TO CONQUER FEAR
13. ANTI FEAR
14. It is the Duty of the Strong to Help the Weak
15. The Goal is to Become Stronger
16. HYPER STOICISM
17. HYPER HERO
18. TRANSFORM EVERY DOWNSIDE INTO AN UPSIDE
19. STOICISM x Child’s Mind
20. The Art of Manly Virtue
21. Resistance Makes Us Stronger!
22. DON’T LIVE IN FEAR
23. Emotions are Good
24. Conquer Your Anger
25. BLACK EAGLE
26. DIFFICULTY AWAKENS YOUR INNER-GENIUS.
27. STOICISM IS ARMOR FOR THE MIND
28. The Spartan-Stoic Lifestyle
29. How I Conquered Fear
30. HOW TO CURE FEAR.
31. LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL.
32. The Upside of Poverty
33. How I Became Me
34. THE WILL TO POWER, OR THE WILL TO FEAR?
35. ATTACK REALITY
36. Living *THROUGH* History
37. How to Fear Less
38. Fear is the Ultimate Contagious Disease
39. STOICISM FOR DUMMIES
40. Don’t Be Scared!
41. WHAT CAN YOU CONTROL, WHAT CAN YOU NOT CONTROL?
42. HOW YOU CAN CONQUER FEAR
43. YOU’RE STRONGER THAN YOU THINK YOU ARE.
44. EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
45. WHY AREN’T THINGS WORSE?
46. My Philosophy on Masculinity
47. A Riskier Life is a Better Life #philosophy #stoicism
48. How to Creatively Flourish in Life
49. Introduction to Stoicism
50. How to Become Stronger
51. How to Conquer Depression With Photography
52. What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger
53. How to Respect Yourself
54. How to Believe in Yourself
55. How to Steer Fear
56. How to Conquer Pessimism
57. How to Conquer Anxiety
58. How to Overcome Your Fear of People
59. How to Be Optimistic
60. Why I Don’t Take My Anger Seriously
61. HOW TO BECOME MORE POWERFUL
62. POSITIVITY.
63. HOW TO BECOME SUPERHUMAN
64. How to Give a Fuck Less
65. ALL IN.
66. Why I Cut My Dad Out of My Life.
67. Your iPhone Only Has 5% Battery Left.
68. How not to give a FUCK about your REPUTATION
69. WHAT IS A HUMAN?
70. HAPPINESS.
71. The Regret Minimization Framework in Photography and Life
72. How to Be a HERO
73. Conquer Your Fears by Making Fear Your Slave
74. Rule Circumstances; Don’t Let Your Circumstances Rule You
75. How to Love Yourself
76. How to Turn Shit into Gold
77. Your Parents Fuck You Up
78. Immortality
79. What Kills You Makes You Stronger
80. How to Be Patient
81. How to Conquer Anger
82. How to Bounce Back in Life
83. How to Overcome Resistance
84. Nothing Unlimited is Good; Nothing Good is Unlimited
85. You Have No Limits
86. Can 1’s and 0’s Hurt You?
87. The Envious Moment is Flying Now
88. Tomorrow We’ll Sail the Wide Seas Again
89. How to Forgive Others
90. Focus on Your Actions, Not the Results
91. Everything Will Be Alright
92. How to Be a Stoic Street Photographer
93. How to Be a Spartan Photographer
94. How to Overcome Your Fears in Life
95. How to Stop Worrying in Life
96. How to Use Photography as Self-Therapy
97. How to Free Your Soul From Disturbance
98. 3 Stoic Techniques that Can Help You Gain Tranquility
99. Can People Weaker than You Hurt You?
100. Does a Doctor Get Angry at a Crazy Patient?
101. Own Nothing

The Stoic Masters

Learn from the master stoics:

• Seneca
• Marcus Aurelius
• Epictetus
• Publilius Syrus
• Heraclitus

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ERIC KIM GRASS FED BURGER PATTIES ON THE OUTDOOR GRILL (MEAT POV)

Meat is good for you:

To do things for our personal vanity doesn’t ”hurt” anyone else. Also, it motivates us to the heights and beyond.

Floor bench press as superior to normal ‘bench’ bench press:

WHY?

Several reasons:

1. No need for a ‘spotter’
2. You have more leverage with the direct floor, thus allowing you to arch your back more, and ultimately lifting more weight (the more weight you can push, the better).

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Seek your personal good greed:

Some pain is good — for example, the pain you feel during the recovery process (DOMS — delayed onset muscle soreness). Or even the pain associated with sickness.

Don’t use pain killers. It disrupts the recovery process! If you can ride through this (good) pain, you’ll become stronger in the long run.

Or to think — humans are the first movers towards ingenuity and originality in art.

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The downside of most poetry — they are just plain boring.

Extra small jpeg (2000px wide images), 720p 24fps for video.

Bitter foods and bitter substances.

Black coffee, green tea, black tea. Naturally caffeinated substances.

Cilantro, kale, bitter greens.

Spices and spicy foods.

Ginger, ginseng. Turmeric.

Indulge the minds of your kids.

Force and power is everything.

Clothing that helps me produce more force?

Maximal force output. One rep max sumo deadlift with merino wool socks (ankle Darn tough socks).

Or how getting sick every once in a while is actually good for your health.

Idea via Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols Preface.

Some gym workout ideas:

WEIGHTED CHINUPS

FLOOR BENCH PRESS

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ERIC KIM GYM KETTLEBELL WORKOUT (HYPE, POWERLIFTING ACCESSORY WORK)

IPAD — an insanely great device to review your photos, blog, and do almost about everything:

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HOW I REVIEW PHOTOS ON IPAD

HOW I BLOG ON IPAD (VOICE DICTATION)

Perhaps what we really desire is confidence. To be a “good “dancer, it actually means he or she who could wiggle their body with the most amount of self-assurance.

To continue this thought, perhaps the most successful bodybuilder isn’t the one with the largest amount of muscle mass, but he who can exhibit the most confidence while flexing.

We are stronger in a social sphere?

A thought — does our muscular ability augment when we are in a social space, let’s say a gym? That deep down inside, we desire to exhibit our strength to other human beings, which inspires us to put on a bit of a show, and actually end up lifting more, and performing more?

Or in other words, I could probably deadlift a lot more at the gym, than I could at home by myself.

To continue this thought, perhaps the source and the root of all of our physical and physiological strength comes from the desire to impress other human beings.

So in other words, if you desire to become stronger, spend more time in social arenas.

Or why Lamborghinis and Porsches are for lemmings:

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Some simple thoughts:

First and foremost, stop drinking alcohol. Also, don’t smoke weed. Superficially, it seems like a good idea, but in actuality, you’re only putting a Band-Aid over the real core issue.

Also, I do not recommend melatonin even though it is “natural,” once again, another Band-Aid solution.

What we must do is identify and conquer root causes. For example, a very simple one is make it a hard-core rule to not watch TV shows, movies, or play video games in the evening. This is the irony, a lot of us watch TV shows because we have insomnia and cannot fall asleep. Yet this only exasperates the problem.

A simple thought about coffee and caffeine consumption

A very simple one: drink extreme amounts of coffee and caffeine first thing in the morning, but be very strict and abstain for the rest of the day. No matter how tempted you would be to be more “productive”.

I’ve never met anybody who has insomnia who walks 30,000 steps a day

The big issue about insomnia is that it is a modern one. Just try it out: spend a week tent camping, and strive to walk at least 30,000 steps a day. I can guarantee you that this will kill your insomnia.

But what if I can’t do that?

I suppose it comes down to this: how much do you care for your sleep? If you care more about your work, your money earning potential, perhaps sleep is not your priority. For me, sleep is for the gods.

Powerlifting and meat

Another very simple way to fall sleep: during the day, do a one rep max squat or deadlift, and in the evenings, allow yourself to eat as much beef brisket, beef ribs, or beef liver or beef heart as possible. I can guarantee you that this will knock your ass to sleep.

Still can’t fall asleep?

Then allow yourself to read as much as a paperback book as possible, until you fall asleep. No Kindle, no iPad.