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Photo essay / Nov 21, 2022

You cannot do more than one thing at one

For example, I cannot concurrently write and blog while lifting weights or at the gym. Similarly speaking, when I am with Seneca, I cannot really concurrently engage Seneca and do deep blogging or thinking. …

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Photo essay / Nov 21, 2022

Service means “Slave”

Service, servus literally means slave. Therefore, a “service animal“ is simply a slave animal. Also, servers at a restaurant. Or the “service industry”.

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Eric Kim arm muscle flex
Photo essay / Nov 21, 2022

Weightlifting Thoughts

Why lift weights? First of all, I believe that lifting weights can and will benefit anybody and everybody, irregardless of age gender experience, etc. For example, everyone wants to become “healthier”. But what does …

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Photo essay / Nov 21, 2022

Full Stack Strength

I am the only guy I know who does yoga, who can rack pull over six plates, and micro squat over six plates.

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Photo essay / Nov 20, 2022

Good Ego, Bad Ego.

AUDIO PODCAST Ego is bad when it prevents you from attempting the great: When is the ego good? When you could yield it like an instrument or a sword to pursue your desired ends. …

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Photo essay / Nov 20, 2022

Productive Anger

Anger is not an emotion which should be expiated (to get rid of). Instead, I think the wise thing is to intelligently leverage your anger in productive ways.

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Photo essay / Nov 20, 2022

Suggestions versus imperatives

I like the idea that you could give people suggestions, with a good heart. And a good spirit. What I hate is when people give you “advice“, and it is denigrating. Lesson: When you …

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Photo essay / Nov 20, 2022

When jaywalking is safer

An interesting irony I’ve discovered in life; often times, to jaywalk is actually more safe than to cross at the standard intersection with the traffic lights. Why is this? Because if you are jaywalking, …

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Photo essay / Nov 20, 2022

Over or Under?

EK Better to be over than under. For example, better to be over caffeinated than under caffeinated. Also from a economic perspective, better for things to be over priced than under priced. Also, from …

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Photo essay / Nov 20, 2022

The lesser evil?

Choosing something because it is a “lesser evil”, or “lesser bad“, doesn’t make sense. Both are bad. Who was worse, Stalin or Hitler? Both were evil. Opt for neither.

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Photo essay / Nov 20, 2022

Fuck it, don’t be a hippie.

It is true that all these corporate things are bad for us, but fuck it. There are more important things in life. Takeaway point: everything is bad for us. Even the “good“ things.

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Photo essay / Nov 19, 2022

Never buy anything cheap

Because you will be stuck with it!! Instead just buy a few very very expensive things and use the shit out of them! This applies to clothes, devices, glasses, cars etc.

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Photo essay / Nov 19, 2022

More money or more time?

In life, what would you prefer? To have more money, or more time? What happens when you have more money than time? Lots of stuff being purchased on Amazon. This is the irony I …

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Photo essay / Nov 19, 2022

Numbers are bad

If we based everything on numbers, McDonald’s would be the worlds best restaurant, and Starbucks would be the worlds best coffee shop. Or the worlds best car would be a Toyota Corolla. It isn’t.

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Photo essay / Nov 19, 2022

The Philosophy of Weightlifting

Some thoughts on my mind; why lift weights, and what is the point of lifting weights? For me, I treat weightlifting light Zen meditation. I never work out with headphones on,

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