{"id":168415,"date":"2019-09-03T08:15:28","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T15:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=168415"},"modified":"2019-09-03T09:14:17","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T16:14:17","slug":"living-life-with-only-upside-no-downside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/03\/living-life-with-only-upside-no-downside\/","title":{"rendered":"Living life with only upside, no downside."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Is it possible to live life with only upside and no downside? I think so! <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Ideas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Stoicism<\/strong><\/a>: Interpret all events in life as positive, not negative. Even ‘bad’ events in your life are strengthening agents. <\/li>
  2. Economics<\/strong>: Don’t own a car (just Uber\/Lyft everywhere) — no stress associated with car ownership, or parking. With living situation, best to NOT own a home (stress associated with home ownership and maintenance as well), and not being tied down to a single location. <\/li>
  3. Only do work you like doing, and don’t do work you don’t like doing<\/strong>. Better to be poorer with more freedom, than to be richer with less personal freedom.<\/li>
  4. “What doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger<\/em>” (Nietzsche): Once again, the events which occur in your life which attempt to destroy you will be your stimulus to growth — your stimulus to become more powerful! <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Basically the notion is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    How to extract the maximum from existence and reality, with as little toilsome (hateful) labor as possible!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    ERIC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Philosophy<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    Dictate your meaning and purpose in your life with ZEN OF ERIC<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Philosophical Essays<\/h2>\n\n\n\n