{"id":299607,"date":"2021-01-31T13:44:31","date_gmt":"2021-01-31T18:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=299607"},"modified":"2021-01-31T14:37:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T19:37:59","slug":"physiological-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/31\/physiological-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"Physiological Joy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The origin of all joy is physiological:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A thought:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>All the joys we feel and experience are physiological. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, the serotonin and dopamine that hits our brain and vein is physiological. Even the rush of buying something new you desire, sexual pleasure, or obtaining money releases a bunch of physiological hormones (pertaining to our bodies) which make us feel joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thus the simple idea:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>If your goal in life is to maximize your joy, then best to focus on your physiology. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This means prioritize your sleep (sleep deep, long and great), prioritize your nutrition (more meat, more fat, and also practice intermittent fasting during the day) and abstain from chemicals, drugs, or things which physiologically weaken and depress you. Today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s pandemic is depression \u00e2\u20ac\u201d doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t that mean we should eliminate \u00e2\u20ac\u0153depressants\u00e2\u20ac\u009d from our lives? (alcohol, weed, etc).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is a physiological \u00e2\u20ac\u0153upper\u00e2\u20ac\u009d? The joy of the presence of other humans, working out, beautiful human bodies, waking, the bass and rhythm of music, sunlight, warmth, colors, hot baths, cold showers, and peace and quiet (tranquility).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For our homes, prioritize natural light, quietness (far away from a busy street or city noises), hygiene, and warmth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or the takeaway lesson:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Physiology is king. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ERIC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-physiology-101\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/physiology\/\">Physiology 101<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/26\/peak-physical-strength\/\">Peak Physical Strength<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/strength-over-happiness\/\">Strength over Happiness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/04\/how-to-gain-more-physiological-energy-and-power\/\">How to Gain More Physiological Energy and Power<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/23\/bodily-interest-and-enthusiasm\/\">Bodily Interest and Enthusiasm<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/23\/not-willpower-bodypower\/\">Not Willpower; Bodypower<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/10\/the-secrets-to-physiological-happiness\/\">The secrets to physiological happiness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/02\/hot-and-cold-2\/\">Hot and Cold<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/28\/on-mood-and-hormones\/\">ON MOOD AND HORMONES<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/27\/over-emphasis-on-the-brain-under-emphasis-in-the-legs\/\">Over-Emphasis on the Brain, Under-Emphasis in the Legs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/16\/why-i-love-intermittent-fasting\/\">Why I Love Intermittent Fasting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/15\/physiology-is-the-future\/\">PHYSIOLOGY IS THE FUTURE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/15\/why-i-abstain-from-alcohol-and-weed\/\">Why I Abstain from Alcohol and Weed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/04\/my-thoughts-on-vegetarianism-and-veganism\/\">My Thoughts on Vegetarianism and Veganism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/31\/apex-human-physiological-growth-and-muscle-augmentation-theory-and-philosophy\/\">Apex Human Physiological Growth and Muscle Augmentation Theory and Philosophy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/26\/flesh\/\">FLESH<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/24\/how-to-fast\/\">How to Fast<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/14\/hormesis-101\/\">HORMESIS 101<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/12\/my-human-physiology-philosophy\/\">MY HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY PHILOSOPHY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/24\/physiology-and-artistic-productivity-tips-intermittent-fasting-meat-powerlifting-coffee\/\">Physiology and Artistic Productivity Tips: Intermittent Fasting, Meat, Powerlifting, Coffee<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The origin of all joy is physiological:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":299606,"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,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-299607","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\/2021\/01\/FDDFFC11-71D8-4136-930E-6A9D383272B6.jpeg?fit=1242%2C1863&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299607","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=299607"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":299617,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299607\/revisions\/299617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}