{"id":222063,"date":"2020-04-08T11:50:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T18:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=222063"},"modified":"2020-04-08T12:30:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T19:30:59","slug":"essential-vs-inessential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/08\/essential-vs-inessential\/","title":{"rendered":"Essential vs Inessential"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is essential, what isn&#8217;t essential?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also&#8211; is this a good way to think about things?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is essential to human life?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-autoplay=\"true\" data-delay=\"3\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li 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class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Not starving to death<\/li><li>Not dying of thirst<\/li><li>Not dying from the cold<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond this, everything isn&#8217;t &#8220;essential&#8221; for life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is the point of life to just strive to procure the essential, or to thrive?<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is essential, what isn&#8217;t essential? 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