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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nNotions of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153fairness\u00e2\u20ac\u009d only apply when you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re talking about a zero-sum, competitive society. But what if we opted to live a life in which we were NOT competing with others?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example when it came to our bodies, we don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t workout because we are entering some bodybuilding or powerlifting competition \u00e2\u20ac\u201d we do it for ourselves and our own personal ego!<\/p>\n\n\n\n When it comes to photography or art, we refuse to play the social media game of chasing likes and followers. Why? The algorithm has us by the balls. Also, it is a petty competition that doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t interest you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Also, consider \u00e2\u20ac\u201d children don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t compete when they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re playing. A child can happily play on the playground by themselves without needing to compete with other children. Is competition a thing we are socialized into doing? Perhaps it would be better for our own ego and self esteem to NOT play any competitive sports, NOR compete in academics or other quantified pursuits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You only compete against your past self. Strive to become more epic today than yesterday. Strive to become physically stronger this week than last week. Personal growth and personal self-aggrandizement is the goal. You are the goal and final destination!<\/p>\n\n\n\n ERIC KIM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Notions of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153cheating\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153unfairness\u00e2\u20ac\u009d are only problems or issues if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re competing with others. A thought \u00e2\u20ac\u201d perhaps it is better to live a life that is ANTI competition? You are only competing against yourself. No competition with anyone else means you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need to feel jealous or envious towards others. Also, you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":212135,"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-212213","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\/2020\/02\/D5DC5AE9-A674-4CE9-943C-C4C1BD341CD7.jpeg?fit=2000%2C1333&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212213","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=212213"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212220,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212213\/revisions\/212220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Selfie](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/4C0F80BF-ECCD-4D74-B380-41B49ED19537.jpeg?resize=2560%2C1707&ssl=1\")
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