{"id":668849,"date":"2026-02-24T10:06:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T15:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=668849"},"modified":"2026-02-24T10:06:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T15:06:34","slug":"vitality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/24\/vitality\/","title":{"rendered":"VITALITY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You\u2019re alive, and I\u2019m alive! Thank god!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So there is a quote from Michael Saylor,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">volatility is vitality.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then, the second version:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">volatility is a gift to the faithful.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Third,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Satoshi\u2018s gift is volatility to the faithful.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">life<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Life is effing insane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think the highs and lows that we get in life, in terms of sickness and in health, in terms of periods of high volatility low volatility, high vitality low vitality, everything in between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then there\u2019s death life, new birth, new beginnings, chapters which end, chapters which begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think, the hard thing to really deeply consider philosophically is, that\u2026 Yeah obviously we hate the downside and I do not wish the stress of being a bitcoin or MSTR investor to anybody\u2026 Yet, that is actually our origin of strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, probably one of the most fascinating quotes that I get from Friedrich Nietzsche is, \ufffc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA wound stimulates the recuperative properties.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Essentially what I think it means is, that, like let\u2019s say you\u2019re Achilles, you\u2019re a warrior, you\u2019re on the battlefield. Certainly sooner or later someone was going to thrust their sword or spear into your side, you\u2019re going to bleed blood, it might come out the other side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then also assuming, that, you give yourself enough time, I wonder if, the wound is actually a stimulus for growth or strength strengthening?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">that which does not kill me only makes me stronger<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you think about it, everything out there is trying to kill you. The news is trying to kill your brain and your soul with all this toxic news, all this political nonsense is trying to kill your sons of fellowship with your fellow man and community, alcohol and marijuana is trying to kill your health, all of this production pollution is trying to kill your lungs. And also, <strong>all this consumerism is trying to kill your self-esteem. \ufffc<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think the difficult thing to also consider is, kind of the antifragile strategy, is\u2026 That rather than trying to shy away from battle and attacks and \u201cbad\u201d stuff\u2026 Rather, trying to <em>seek<\/em> it instead?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Life for example if you\u2019re Achilles, and you\u2019re just crying on the shore, lusting for battle\u2026 <strong>Achilles wants and hungers for and desires battle<\/strong>. \ufffc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019re an investor or trader, certainly nobody wants to get liquidated and nobody wants to see their money go down, yet, assuming you\u2019re in a position where you cannot get liquidated, and you could just weather the storm, isn\u2019t this a good goal? \ufffc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">to conquer is the goal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This sounds like bad ethics, but I believe it. \ufffc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019re alive, and I\u2019m alive! Thank god! So there is a quote from Michael Saylor, volatility is vitality. Then, the second version: volatility is a gift to the faithful. Third, Satoshi\u2018s gift is volatility to the faithful. life Life is effing insane. I think the highs and lows that we get in life, in terms [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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-668849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668849","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=668849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":668850,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668849\/revisions\/668850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}