{"id":283784,"date":"2020-11-01T09:58:46","date_gmt":"2020-11-01T14:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=283784"},"modified":"2020-11-01T09:59:41","modified_gmt":"2020-11-01T14:59:41","slug":"on-focusing-on-your-own-self-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/01\/on-focusing-on-your-own-self-development\/","title":{"rendered":"On Focusing on Your Own Self Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thought:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>One of the most robust and independently interesting ways to live your life is this: to just focus on your own self development. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Self development as continually augmenting your knowledge, understanding, wisdom, body (physiology, muscles, muscle mass, one rep max strength), to keep making new art, innovating and discovering and creating more things!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-to-become-more-creative\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/creativity\/\">How to Become More Creative<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1612\" height=\"718\" data-attachment-id=\"167831\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/540df636-c210-4385-8551-421ae8b7e9a0\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/540DF636-C210-4385-8551-421AE8B7E9A0.jpeg?fit=1612%2C718&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1612,718\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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