ERIC KIM ₿

A simple book, collection of thoughts in regards to my thoughts on living?

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What do you want out of life?

To me, the greatest virtue is independent thinking. What is independent thinking? Independent thinking is refusing to let others dictate your personal tastes when it comes to life, almost having an “Asperger’s“ like approach to things.

It is my personal belief that great innovation happens when one disdains, and extremely shuns what one doesn’t care for.

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Buying a house or a home?

The first thing which one concerns themselves with in modern day life is purchasing and buying a house or at home. However, some interesting things I have observed about it:

1. There will always be things you will want to change and edit and modify

One of the great downsides is that once you actually do buy the house, or the home, it will still not be up to your standard of liking, which means there will always be things that you want to change edit and modify. Even one of my good friends, who bought a nice house/home in the Oakland Hills, with a great view and great architecture, there were still lots of things he wanted to do, like open up the kitchen, break down some walls, change up the kitchen set up, etc.

Now what is so bad about this? It seems that the downside is that it is an issue of time, money, and the annoyance of dealing with contractors.

Truth be told, I don’t think the money thing is too big of an issue. Money is just a fiction. The bigger annoyances is the time it takes to change, modify, remodel something; even if you have the world’s fastest contractor and workers, whenever you want to change something in your home, remodel your kitchen or bathrooms, etc., there will be 1 trillion headaches in regards to not having a functioning bathroom, having to stay somewhere else for a few days or weeks, certain delays, and things being in accessible.

Even my brother-in-law, in their fortress-like family home, they are still dealing with almost a decade worth of headaches, nightmares, injustices, getting ripped off by their contractor, and I think they might still be in and out of court, litigation, etc. Even if you sue somebody, it is a massive headache.

2. More space, the more furniture and stuff you have to procure to fill it

Another general grievance that a lot of modern-day people have is that they do not like living in a small, “cramped“ space, and want more space. But, having more space is a double edge sword; certainly there are many advantages which come with having more space, but one of the biggest downside is that the more square footage your home is, the more stories it is, the more rooms you have, the more bathrooms you got, etc., infinitely multiplies in terms of the maintenance, cleaning, and the stuff you have to procure to fill it.

Even a simple thing, living in a two-story or three-story home; forgetting where your phone charger is, or where your phone is currently charging. Or the general annoyance of having to stock two bathrooms, or even more than two bathrooms with toilet cleaning supplies, etc.

Even if you are super rich, and you have a maid, people who come in to clean, staff, maybe even full-time staff etc., there will always be some work that you will have to do yourself, your own manual labor.

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3. What is more important?

I personally believe that the most important and critical thing to consider is actually thinking about temperature, and climate inside your home.

The funny thing about this is that when it comes to looking at Zillow for homes etc., this is something that you cannot ascertain online.

For myself, the best home is temperature regulated, and warm and comfortable.

One of the big downsides of owning a home, or a big home, is the difficulty of heating it. Also the fact that once you are a homeowner, and you have to pay for your own heat, one is more likely to be more stingy in regards to keeping the temperature relatively low. One of the big outsides of renting, or being in one of those Luxury condos is that often the heating and air conditioning is free, so you could just blast it however you would like.

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Is the point to just stay in your house, your home, or your abode forever?

A simple philosophical question; how much time should you spend inside your home?

Certainly do you have to spend some time at home. For example, typically in the evening, cooking, sleeping, etc. However during the day, is the point to just stay at home all day, I never have to leave?

Even a thought I have about gyms is that even if I was a trillionaire, I would not want to just have a home gym, in my backyard or my garage. Why? To me, the gymnasium is a fascinating social logical space to visit and frequent. There is also something very soothing about going to the hot sauna, surrounded by other random men, rather than just doing it myself by myself at home.

Social life is very underrated nowadays. I think the general biases everyone wants to just build themselves a fortress that they never need to leave. However, I do not wish this type of life even on my worst enemy.

Far superior to spend time outdoors, in public, and enjoying the social world, rather than just being enclosed in a bunker home in Calabasas somewhere.