{"id":206987,"date":"2020-02-06T09:07:35","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T17:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=206987"},"modified":"2020-02-06T09:16:20","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T17:16:20","slug":"the-pursuit-of-mastery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/06\/the-pursuit-of-mastery\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pursuit of Mastery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Someone who inspires me a ton is Eminem. Why? He is rich as fuck, but he still raps. Why does he still rap? He is striving towards self-mastery. My thought:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>As long as Eminem keeps rapping (and never stops), he will become the GOAT (greatest of all-time).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I&#8217;m moving too fast!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1180\" height=\"787\" data-attachment-id=\"206728\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/9e1ae82a-7412-48f3-9ccc-a56073153d12\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/9E1AE82A-7412-48F3-9CCC-A56073153D12.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1707&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"9E1AE82A-7412-48F3-9CCC-A56073153D12\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/9E1AE82A-7412-48F3-9CCC-A56073153D12.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1707&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/9E1AE82A-7412-48F3-9CCC-A56073153D12.jpeg?resize=1180%2C787&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"selfie red black \" class=\"wp-image-206728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/9E1AE82A-7412-48F3-9CCC-A56073153D12.jpeg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/9E1AE82A-7412-48F3-9CCC-A56073153D12.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/9E1AE82A-7412-48F3-9CCC-A56073153D12.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/9E1AE82A-7412-48F3-9CCC-A56073153D12.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1366&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/9E1AE82A-7412-48F3-9CCC-A56073153D12.jpeg?resize=720%2C480&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/9E1AE82A-7412-48F3-9CCC-A56073153D12.jpeg?w=2360&amp;ssl=1 2360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps this is the goal:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>To move SO FAST towards mastery, that you don&#8217;t look behind (you don&#8217;t care how others assess you).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is my life goal?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1180' height='664' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/sO57SWKN?preloadContent=metadata&amp;hd=0&amp;cover=1' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1770107250'><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, myself:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I want to become the BEST in all domains of what I am passionate about.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I want to become the best blogger of all-time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am currently experimenting how I can achieve this. Through much self-experimentation, I am trying to create the optimal conditions for me to become the greatest. For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Living in a <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/30\/why-i-love-living-in-a-tiny-apartment\/\">minimalist apartment<\/a> (no <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/04\/maintenance-free-lifestyle\/\">maintenance<\/a> stresses)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/03\/is-the-best-car-no-car\/\">Not owning a car<\/a><\/li><li>Living in an apartment with insanely fast wifi, and doing a <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/22\/why-i-hate-sitting\/\">standing-desk<\/a> at home with my <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/20\/give-me-a-laptop-and-i-shall-move-the-world\/\">laptop<\/a>.<\/li><li>Continually to read deep <a href=\"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/philosophy\/\">philosophy<\/a>, and to ask big questions <\/li><li>Continually challenge my muscles (<a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/06\/the-zen-of-powerlifting\/\">powerlifting<\/a>), and eating lots of meat for dinner (<a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/21\/intermittent-fasting-and-the-ketogenic-diet-the-optimal-diet-for-photographers-and-content-creators\/\">intermittent fasting<\/a>)<\/li><li>Listening to epic music while writing (Eminem)<\/li><li>Not making <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/28\/money-thoughts-2\/\">money<\/a>-accumulation a life goal<\/li><li>Striving for mastery for the sake of it; or to impress myself!<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ERIC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone who inspires me a ton is Eminem. Why? He is rich as fuck, but he still raps. Why does he still rap? He is striving towards self-mastery. My thought: As long as Eminem \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":205824,"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-206987","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\/2020\/02\/7F67B659-196F-483C-9B49-E53BB3D51240.jpeg?fit=1654%2C2224&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206987","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=206987"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206997,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206987\/revisions\/206997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}