{"id":120069,"date":"2018-11-30T15:08:47","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T23:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=120069"},"modified":"2018-11-30T15:11:56","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T23:11:56","slug":"how-to-have-infinite-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/30\/how-to-have-infinite-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Have Infinite Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear friend,<\/p>\n

A philosophical idea I’ve been having:<\/p>\n

\n Is it possible for us to have infinite energy– and is this even something we desire?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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DOWNLOAD PDF: How to Have Infinite Energy<\/a><\/p>\n

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What is energy?<\/h2>\n

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Simply put, I think energy is our ability to work and move<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I’m not going to talk right now about energy from a physics perspective– I will just talk about ‘human energy’.<\/p>\n

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Everyday as a mini-lifetime<\/h2>\n

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I like the idea that everyday is a mini-lifetime.<\/p>\n

To me, this is a good way of living, because it is the ultimate synthesis between ‘memento mori<\/a>‘ (remember you must die), and ‘memento vivere<\/a>‘ (remember you must live).<\/p>\n

To think daily about death is good for life, because it reminds us:<\/p>\n

\n Let me not squander today. Let me use today to the maximum.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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How to maximize your energy for today<\/h2>\n

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For myself, one of the things I hate the most is being tired during the day.<\/p>\n

This is my ideal vision:<\/p>\n

\n Have infinite energy during the day, and sleep very soundly at night (no insomnia).\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Which is tricky– because what ends up happening is that we are energized during the day via ‘uppers’ (stimulant drugs, caffeine, cocaine, adderal) and we relax during the night with ‘downers’ (depressant drugs, alcohol, weed, etc).<\/p>\n

How to prevent energy crashes during the day<\/h2>\n

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This is a simple idea:<\/p>\n

\n Don’t eat sugar or carbohydrates during the day.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Whenever we consume sugar (natural or unnatural), carbohydrates, etc — we get an ‘insulin spike’ — which makes us have really short-term energy (30 minutes), then we get ‘food coma’ (or a come-down crash, after the insulin spike). Because the truth is:<\/p>\n

\n Everything that goes up must come down.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Even taken a step further–<\/p>\n

\n Don’t eat any food during the day.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Do extreme fasting during the day, and do extreme feasting at night<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In praise of fasting<\/h2>\n

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I’ve experimented with fasting<\/a> the last 2 years or so, with massive success. Of course I still get hungry and hunger pangs throughout the day, but they are like little tiny needle pricks on a dragon’s scaly armor.<\/p>\n

Fasting is probably the simplest way we can gain more energy throughout the day, and actually get stronger.<\/p>\n

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Consider– most people have a pretty big lunch (most people have a pretty carbohydrate and sugar-heavy lunch), and then they get ‘food coma’, and they are unproductive for the next 2-3 hours.<\/p>\n

I wondered to myself:<\/p>\n

\n How much more could we accomplish during the day, if we didn’t get that food-coma or crash during the day?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I always got suckered by this notion that we needed ‘3 square meals a day’ to be healthy, or even the more pernicious idea– to have a small meal every 1-2 hours.<\/p>\n

I’ve found that with intermittent fasting<\/a> (don’t eat food during the day, and compensate by eating a lot at night) has been superior for the following:<\/p>\n