{"id":668947,"date":"2026-03-05T14:40:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T19:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=668947"},"modified":"2026-03-05T14:42:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T19:42:04","slug":"the-point-of-life-is-ease-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/05\/the-point-of-life-is-ease-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The point of life is ease?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So it looks like I\u2019m getting back into my philosophical self, this is a great idea: my general idea is, the point of life is not difficulty overcoming whatever\u2026 But rather, a life of maximum ease?\ufffc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-point-of-life-is-ease-3.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of The point of life is ease 3.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-76ec7511-021b-4e82-b24f-c4a7f935f261\" href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-point-of-life-is-ease-3.pdf\">The point of life is ease 3<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-point-of-life-is-ease-3.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-76ec7511-021b-4e82-b24f-c4a7f935f261\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The subtlety and the new ones is, it is out of strength and abundance\u2026 Everything you do is slow and unhurried, no resistance, no panic, no annoyance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ufffcit\u2019s a sense of ease that comes out of abundance. \ufffc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How and why<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t think all the money in the world is worth one night\u2019s lost sleep. I would rather be an ERIC KIM sleeping a glorious 9 to 12 hours a night, unbothered, unhurried\u2026 Enjoying my bitcoin, enjoying the sunny southern California sun, weightlifting topless, barbecuing in my backyard, thinking philosophy writing philosophy and artwork\u2026 And empowering others without annoyance to myself. To never have to entertain meetings, drive and be stuck in traffic, or seek money from others. Because I have bitcoin for that. \ufffc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How and why<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In Taoism, \u201cWu-Wei\u201d, essentially means action without strained effort. That means you never force anything you just do things naturally, unhurried and unrushed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, you don\u2019t need to force gravity to force water down a stream it just does it. Also you don\u2019t have to force a tree to grow just give it some sunshine, water, and it will naturally grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having to force things in the American sense is foolish. And also, <strong>seeking some sort of self glorification through pain and suffering and overcoming is indecent<\/strong>. \ufffc\ufffc\ufffc\ufffc pain and suffering and overcoming is for slaves, the master lives at ease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Economics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>And the nuance is you don\u2019t have to be a trillionaire, \ufffc or even a billionaire. Even if you are a modest millionaire you\u2019re good. \ufffc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ease for the greater good<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>So my big idea is, it\u2019s not to just live an easy degenerate lifestyle, but rather, for you to maintain your productivity simply an unhurried unpanicky tempo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I mean if you think about it the long game\u2026 Even Elon ,,, if he were really smart, he would, prioritize his health his sleep his exercise fitness because once again, if we\u2019re really gonna go to Mars and beyond\u2026 You gotta be sustainable in terms of your own physical health for like the next 30 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why in such a rush<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I think a lot of fools think that they are being wise by rushing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I mean certainly, time and life is like the most scarce resource. But at the same time, it is the quality of time which matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, you would not want to live another 40 years if you\u2019re only sleeping like one or two hours a night in the worst pain and physical ability. It would actually be preferable to live only like maybe another 20 years, although with insanely great joy, mood and resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Burning the candle by both ends<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I think the worst evils on this planet include sugar, drugs, other stuff which tricks you into thinking you\u2019re being more productive but in actuality you\u2019re not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">noble pace<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, how do you know if somebody\u2019s actually really really successful? I call this my \u201cyacht walk\u201d; \ufffc\ufffcessentially you\u2019re walking insanely slow, unhurried. It\u2019s kind of liking that Justin Timberlake in Time movie, in which all the rich people walk super slow and it is the poor people who are rushing around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">towards what ends?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I think the ultimate purpose of life is art, art creation. It\u2019s not to simply be a curator or a collector, but the artist him or herself, <em>creating<\/em> the art. \ufffc\ufffc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s wonderful that in today\u2019s world, you have like the ultimate artistic ability. You can create art with anything in instantaneously for free, with your iPhone iPad, digital camera whatever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And also, you have infinite scale ability in terms of distribution, zero marginal distribution cost because digital things can be copied for free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And once again\u2026 A lot of people think what they want is to gain money from their artwork but it is not an effective strategy, the better strategy is to simply invest in bitcoin or MSTR\u2026 Or if you\u2019re really ballsy, MSTU what is 2X levered long \ufffcMSTR. or like 4x bitcoin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ll say this again, <strong>if you just want to make a bunch of money, just build the foundation on bitcoin<\/strong>. Art art creation, art propagation is rather an ethos, an Autotelic goal,,, which you do it for the sake of it because you\u2019re so overfull of creative energy,\u2026 and you MUST give birth to your art!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ERIC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Make art with ERIC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/workshops\/\">EK WORKSHOPS<\/a>, INCOMING:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/16\/nyc-conquer-street-photography-workshop-2026\/\">NYC<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/24\/%f0%9f%9a%a8-eric-kim-presents-la-art-photo-workshop-may-9th-2026-become-a-true-photographer-artist\/\">Downtown LA<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/26\/%e2%9a%a1%ef%b8%8f%f0%9f%94%a5-conquer-phnom-penh-cambodia-the-ultimate-eric-kim-street-photography-workshop-experience-2026-%f0%9f%94%a5%e2%9a%a1%ef%b8%8f-june-26-27th-28th\/\">Phnom Penh Cambodia<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/27\/conquer-the-streets-of-hong-kong-eric-kim-street-photography-workshop-july-25-26-2026\/\">Hong Kong<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/27\/conquer-the-streets-of-tokyo-eric-kim-street-photography-workshop-tokyo-august-8-9-2026\/\">Tokyo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>You have everything to gain \ufffcnothing to lose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/sendy\/\/subscription?f=Q763HW6eV8925kHNlSFqOrOeV6tq2nz66QIW9j4MQmsom0F512Rqb6uDMoJ0i1JrdaeE\">EK NEWS<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/books\/\">FREE BOOKS BY ERIC KIM &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So it looks like I\u2019m getting back into my philosophical self, this is a great idea: my general idea is, the point of life is not difficulty overcoming whatever\u2026 But rather, a life of maximum ease?\ufffc The subtlety and the new ones is, it is out of strength and abundance\u2026 Everything you do is slow [&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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-668947","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\/668947","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=668947"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":668950,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668947\/revisions\/668950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}