{"id":183391,"date":"2019-11-02T06:19:08","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T13:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=183391"},"modified":"2019-11-02T06:39:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T13:39:43","slug":"my-measure-of-success-how-much-time-do-you-have-to-kill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/02\/my-measure-of-success-how-much-time-do-you-have-to-kill\/","title":{"rendered":"My measure of success \u00e2\u20ac\u201d how much time do you have to kill?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Success as anti-busyness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>I think I first got this idea from Nassim Taleb (Bed of Procrustes book). I like this notion of success, because it means:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Success is all about freedom of time and your life. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The goal of life isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t to become more busy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4096\" height=\"1714\" data-attachment-id=\"183396\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/02\/my-measure-of-success-how-much-time-do-you-have-to-kill\/e413a7f3-3805-477f-b738-5d61f8953a73\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/E413A7F3-3805-477F-B738-5D61F8953A73.jpeg?fit=4096%2C1714&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4096,1714\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"E413A7F3-3805-477F-B738-5D61F8953A73\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/E413A7F3-3805-477F-B738-5D61F8953A73.jpeg?fit=2000%2C837&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/E413A7F3-3805-477F-B738-5D61F8953A73.jpeg?fit=2000%2C837&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-183396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/E413A7F3-3805-477F-B738-5D61F8953A73.jpeg?w=4096&amp;ssl=1 4096w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/E413A7F3-3805-477F-B738-5D61F8953A73.jpeg?resize=1000%2C418&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/E413A7F3-3805-477F-B738-5D61F8953A73.jpeg?resize=768%2C321&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/E413A7F3-3805-477F-B738-5D61F8953A73.jpeg?resize=2000%2C837&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/E413A7F3-3805-477F-B738-5D61F8953A73.jpeg?resize=720%2C301&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/E413A7F3-3805-477F-B738-5D61F8953A73.jpeg?w=3000&amp;ssl=1 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I believe the purpose of our life is to think more genuine, interesting, and authentic-specific thoughts (we are the author), and share these thoughts with others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To me philosophy is all about plumbing through interesting ideas and thoughts which invigorate, empower, and stimulate us in life!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to do this, we must free ourselves from the tyranny of busyness, and this notion that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>In order to become more virtuous, we must become more busy, do more, sleep less, produce more, and make more money and buy more things. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Strive to become LESS BUSY; the optimal schedule is to have nothing on your calendar, and improvise everyday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4096\" height=\"1714\" data-attachment-id=\"183401\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/02\/my-measure-of-success-how-much-time-do-you-have-to-kill\/174424cd-36d4-4a78-8aa5-daea116bf69a\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/174424CD-36D4-4A78-8AA5-DAEA116BF69A.jpeg?fit=4096%2C1714&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4096,1714\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"174424CD-36D4-4A78-8AA5-DAEA116BF69A\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/174424CD-36D4-4A78-8AA5-DAEA116BF69A.jpeg?fit=2000%2C837&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/174424CD-36D4-4A78-8AA5-DAEA116BF69A.jpeg?fit=2000%2C837&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-183401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/174424CD-36D4-4A78-8AA5-DAEA116BF69A.jpeg?w=4096&amp;ssl=1 4096w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/174424CD-36D4-4A78-8AA5-DAEA116BF69A.jpeg?resize=1000%2C418&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/174424CD-36D4-4A78-8AA5-DAEA116BF69A.jpeg?resize=768%2C321&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/174424CD-36D4-4A78-8AA5-DAEA116BF69A.jpeg?resize=2000%2C837&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/174424CD-36D4-4A78-8AA5-DAEA116BF69A.jpeg?resize=720%2C301&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/174424CD-36D4-4A78-8AA5-DAEA116BF69A.jpeg?w=3000&amp;ssl=1 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Anti busyness is the goal!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ERIC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Success as anti-busyness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":183401,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/174424CD-36D4-4A78-8AA5-DAEA116BF69A.jpeg?fit=4096%2C1714&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183391","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=183391"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183402,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183391\/revisions\/183402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}