{"id":143108,"date":"2019-05-13T11:39:42","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T18:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=143108"},"modified":"2019-05-13T11:56:40","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T18:56:40","slug":"never-stop-challenging-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/13\/never-stop-challenging-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"Never Stop Challenging Yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A simple way to live life:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Never stop challenging yourself \u00e2\u20ac\u201d always strive to become stronger, become deeper, become harder, more profound, with greater challenges and tasks which interest you!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Self-imposed challenges<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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For myself, it seems life is most fun when we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re working at 90%+ of our personal maximum. For example when I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m powerlifting at the gym, doing deadlifts or any types of lifts are only fun when I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m near my \u00e2\u20ac\u01531 repetition maximum\u00e2\u20ac\u009dweight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is this? Because when you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re near your personal maximum, you need to focus. I honestly believe that 99% of powerlifting is mental \u00e2\u20ac\u201d to me, powerlifting is my own personal zen-body-mind connection meditation and focusing practice. And when I need<\/em> to focus \u00e2\u20ac\u201d I concentrate my power. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get distracted with superfluous things on my mind. To me, this is pure bliss \u00e2\u20ac\u201d no thoughts, no stresses, no pettiness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why challenge yourself?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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A practical question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why challenge yourself?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

On a practical level, NOT challenging yourself is boring. With games, intellectual pursuits, and anything in life\u00e2\u20ac\u201d no challenge is no fun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example even with sexual matters \u00e2\u20ac\u201d it seems true that the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153chase\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is more fun than the final destination. Or with financial matters, the quest towards \u00e2\u20ac\u0153financial independence\u00e2\u20ac\u009d seems to be more rewarding than the actual final state of being \u00e2\u20ac\u0153financially independent\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How strong can I become?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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For myself, I have a personal curiosity:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before I die at age 120, how strong can I become? What is the potential apex or zenith of my strength? <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Or the simple thought:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How high can I fly?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Do I want to get to Everest height, or beyond the stratosphere? To the moon, or to Mars and beyond?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do you live for?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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And to me, the curiosity of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153how strong can I become?\u00e2\u20ac\u009dseems to be one of the best stimulus\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s to my life! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A life where my final destination is perfectly mapped doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t seem like a life worth living. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seek your personal apex during this lifetime <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I live for now, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know what happen after here.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>Kanye weSt<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Belief in the afterlife holds us back during this lifetime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I believe in the epicness of human potential. To me, there is nothing more beautiful than a great human being. Humans over everything. Everything we create while alive is for us humans, and our life should be \u00e2\u20ac\u0153human-centric\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you curious to see how high you can fly? Never stop challenging yourself and striving for more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ERIC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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