![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/4ACF299B-9725-43E5-BE0F-C24C5949C242.jpeg?resize=1125%2C1688&ssl=1\")
<\/figure><\/li>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3B442D8A-5079-44FC-8E43-39680F255D50.jpeg?resize=1125%2C1688&ssl=1\")
<\/figure><\/li>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/EAB3D3B4-BF2C-4BDE-BD3A-EF4B31A84728.jpeg?resize=1125%2C1688&ssl=1\")
<\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\nFirst of all, I think \u00e2\u20ac\u0153happiness\u00e2\u20ac\u009dis more of a physiological (of the body) condition than a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153mental\u00e2\u20ac\u009done. Why? Your mind reflects how healthy your body is. So when you think of your \u00e2\u20ac\u0153mental well-being\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, you should be thinking of your physical and physiological well-being. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/D92FD2B8-7DA1-42B2-86AF-DA9F45451416.jpeg?resize=1180%2C787&ssl=1\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nFor example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- The extreme enthusiasm you get after completing a new \u00e2\u20ac\u0153PR\u00e2\u20ac\u009d(one rep max) in deadlift or any lift.<\/li>
- The physical well-being of standing and walking around all day. <\/li>
- The joy of sunshine and variety and variation in your physical environment. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/8A0F9072-6459-4845-BFB3-13E4C3243CA1.jpeg?resize=1125%2C2436&ssl=1\")
<\/figure><\/li>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/37E97B97-4939-44FF-93FB-5BC16D167DEB.jpeg?resize=1125%2C2436&ssl=1\")
<\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n2. Variation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s impossible to live a great life without variety, chaos, and uncertainty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/0479DC63-10B9-45DA-A9C3-9A5818D0D0D7.jpeg?resize=1125%2C2436&ssl=1\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nFurthermore, suffering (in small doses) is good for us. It strengthens, invigorates us, and if we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re strong enough \u00e2\u20ac\u201d suffering acts as a stimulus and tonic to us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/0B4F1DF8-4DC3-4AFA-B852-7FA4DDC46B9B.jpeg?fit=2000%2C1545&ssl=1\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n3. No belief in (conscious) afterlife<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The Ancient Greeks and Romans saw hope as a vice. Why? It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153stick and carrot\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, which prevents you from dealing with embodied reality and the here and now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Craft your own personal happiness now \u00e2\u20ac\u201d today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/067BCDDF-AE35-4F84-869C-F2A20A95AC14.jpeg?fit=2000%2C1545&ssl=1\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n4. Do external things, money, etc contribute to our happiness?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I am currently at apex happiness and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll tell you what I got and what I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t got:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- No car<\/li>
- No debt<\/li>
- No worries<\/li>
- No traditional 9-5 job<\/li>
- No social media to fuck up my self-esteem<\/li>
- No toxic people in my life <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
What I got:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Freedom over my time, schedule, life (extreme happiness from being self-employed). <\/li>
- Low cost of living: I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll never run out of money. <\/li>
- Creative and purposeful work: Blogging, photography, video, art.<\/li>
- Access to a gym where I can deadlift, squat, dumbell press, etc. I genuinely believe for peak and apex happiness, you must have access to a gym or place where you can lift heavy shit, or do vigorous physical activity. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2D2ADF0A-DDD0-4AD1-9F9B-A3D481D6DB1C.jpeg?fit=2000%2C837&ssl=1\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n5. Desire to live to be 140 years old<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/9140E6FF-9A37-401F-9B0A-EFA41E224F60.jpeg?resize=1180%2C885&ssl=1\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nOne of my personal ambitions in life:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Live to be 140 years old in peak health, similar to Art de Vany (he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ripped in his 80s). <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
I do this by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- Not driving a motorcycle or bicycle (no death by car accident)<\/li>
- Not owning a car (I won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t die on public transit) <\/li>
- Intermittent fasting: No breakfast or lunch, only dinner. Will allow my body to engage in healthy \u00e2\u20ac\u0153autophagy\u00e2\u20ac\u009din which my body will self-eat and destroy pre-cancerous cells. <\/li>
- No sugar, no high fructose corn syrup, no starch, no snacks, no dessert: No chance of me getting heart disease. <\/li>
- To walk around all day, constantly stay curious. No listening to headphones while walking or crossing the street. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Of course we cannot live forever, but don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you desire to live the longest possible life? Do you love life enough to desire this type of life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/8EA0468C-9F62-4EE7-BEFD-50C65A8597C7.jpeg?fit=2000%2C837&ssl=1\")
<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m insanely happy right now. Let me share how and why:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":181398,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_ek_photo_artist_note":"","_ek_photo_thesis":"","_ek_photo_camera":"","_ek_photo_place":"","_ek_photo_human_moment":"","_ek_photo_sequence":"","_ek_photo_question":"","_ek_photo_canonical_claim":"","_ek_photo_ai_summary":"","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/8EA0468C-9F62-4EE7-BEFD-50C65A8597C7.jpeg?fit=4096%2C1714&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181368"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181401,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181368\/revisions\/181401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}