{"id":165243,"date":"2019-08-20T15:15:21","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T22:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=165243"},"modified":"2019-08-20T15:25:31","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T22:25:31","slug":"direct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/20\/direct\/","title":{"rendered":"Direct"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The less friction, the better. The more direct approach we take in life, the better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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In praise of digital photography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The upside of digital photography <\/a>— more direct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shooting JPEG<\/a> (you see what you get). Directly importing your photos to your computer. Direct upload to your website\/blog. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Direct living<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Direct living: not waiting for some unknown future before living your ideal life. Living your ideal life right now; today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Direct publishing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Publishing directly to your own blog. Writing directly in the ‘new post’ editor in WordPress.org<\/a>. The less kinks you have in your publishing pipeline, the better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Direct philosophy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Asking yourself:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I had a trillion dollars in the bank, how would I live my life?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Not waiting until you retire before living your life how you want. Living your life RIGHT NOW! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For myself, my direct way of living:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Focusing right now on thinking, writing, making artwork, and sharing\/publishing it [on this blog].<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In praise of straight-lines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Many of us are currently at point A and we desire to get to point B. But we think in order to get to point B, we need ‘financial independence’. But I consider ‘financial independence’ as a red herring. What I mean is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No matter how rich you are, you won’t become financially independent until you change your mindset to believe that money isn’t the end-game.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Which means — you become financially independent when you no longer really care for money. When money doesn’t become a metric of success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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