{"id":90663,"date":"2018-05-27T19:29:14","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T02:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/27\/when-given-the-option-take-the-more-adventurous-option-in-life\/"},"modified":"2018-05-27T19:29:14","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T02:29:14","slug":"when-given-the-option-take-the-more-adventurous-option-in-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/27\/when-given-the-option-take-the-more-adventurous-option-in-life\/","title":{"rendered":"When Given the Option, Take the More Adventurous Option in Life!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"90603\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/26\/la-diary-v2\/los-angeles-suburbs-eric-kim-photography-2018-1070834\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/los-angeles-suburbs-eric-kim-photography-2018-1070834.jpg?fit=3712%2C2480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3712,2480\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DC-G9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1527150238&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;12&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"los angeles suburbs- eric kim photography &amp;#8211; 2018-1070834\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/los-angeles-suburbs-eric-kim-photography-2018-1070834.jpg?fit=2000%2C1336&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/los-angeles-suburbs-eric-kim-photography-2018-1070834.jpg?resize=1180%2C788\" width=\"1180\" height=\"788\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-90603 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/los-angeles-suburbs-eric-kim-photography-2018-1070834.jpg?w=3712&amp;ssl=1 3712w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/los-angeles-suburbs-eric-kim-photography-2018-1070834.jpg?resize=1000%2C668&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/los-angeles-suburbs-eric-kim-photography-2018-1070834.jpg?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/los-angeles-suburbs-eric-kim-photography-2018-1070834.jpg?resize=2000%2C1336&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/los-angeles-suburbs-eric-kim-photography-2018-1070834.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/los-angeles-suburbs-eric-kim-photography-2018-1070834.jpg?resize=830%2C555&amp;ssl=1 830w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/los-angeles-suburbs-eric-kim-photography-2018-1070834.jpg?resize=600%2C401&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/los-angeles-suburbs-eric-kim-photography-2018-1070834.jpg?w=2360&amp;ssl=1 2360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/los-angeles-suburbs-eric-kim-photography-2018-1070834.jpg?w=3540&amp;ssl=1 3540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dear friend,<\/p>\n<p>A thought I have: when life gives you two options:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A: Safer, less risky option<\/li>\n<li>and<\/li>\n<li>B: Riskier, more uncertain, more adventurous option<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Take the option B: the riskier, bolder, or more interesting\/adventurous option to live a happier, more fun, and more interesting life!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>My reasoning is this:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>What we often perceive as being the &#8220;safer&#8221; option isn&#8217;t actually that safe. For example, the banker who had a &#8220;safe&#8221; job, ended up losing their shirt during the subprime mortgage stock crash. In the thinking of Nassim Taleb, there is no truly &#8220;safe&#8221; option in life, and all risk-assessment tools we have right now aren&#8217;t accurate.<\/li>\n<li>In today&#8217;s society, it is pretty much impossible to stave to death, or die from the cold, die from thirst, etc. Therefore, to me it means that <strong>we shouldn&#8217;t let fear of impoverishment\/death dictate our lifestyle choices, or how we decide to live our lives!<\/strong> I believe living a more interesting life means to take more chances, to take more &#8220;calculated&#8221; risks, and for us to take the more adventurous option in life!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p>For example, let&#8217;s say you have two options for a vacation:<br \/>\n&#8211; Option A: The &#8220;tried and true&#8221; place you like to travel to, and<br \/>\n&#8211; Option B: You have another option of a place which you haven&#8217;t been to yet, but it might be even better or more interesting place than option A.<\/p>\n<p>Which do you choose?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I believe taking the Option B in life is far more interesting, fulfilling, and fun for us in life, than taking the &#8220;safe&#8221;\/boring Option A!<\/p>\n<p>For myself whenever I take the less certain route\/option in life, I learn more. I develop more. I evolve more. I have more new and exciting ideas which spark in my mind. Encountering random and novel ideas are a positive stimulus to my life! This randomness , chaos and chance is what makes life interesting, exciting, and worth living!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Other ways to apply this line of thinking in practical ways of life:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>If you&#8217;re given a more risky job option, take the riskier job than the &#8220;safer job&#8221;, especially when your potential upside is higher than the safer choice. For example, opt for working at a &#8220;risky&#8221; startup, which can revolutionize the world, instead of taking the &#8220;safe&#8221; job at Google or Microsoft.<\/li>\n<li>If you&#8217;re out shooting photos on the streets, don&#8217;t always walk in the same neighborhoods or areas. <strong>Add variety to where you shoot photos!<\/strong> Shoot in new neighborhoods, and realize that you don&#8217;t need to travel far to find interesting and new places! Even shooting photos in a different part of your town will be sufficient &#8220;differentness&#8221; to stimulate your creative spirit!<\/li>\n<li>Spend more time with interesting people, and going to interesting social gatherings, parties, or get-togethers. You will increase your likelihood of meeting interesting people who will empower you. At worst, you might just waste an evening.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote><p>\n  &#8220;Yall here still taking advances, huh? Me and my n*ggas are taking real chances, huh!&#8221; &#8211; JAY Z\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Your life is short. At best you&#8217;re going to live to be 100 years old. At worst you might die tonight in your sleep.<\/p>\n<p>Why waste any second, day, hour, or duration of your life doing boring stuff? Taking the boring option in life?<\/p>\n<p>You were destined for epic greatness. Never let fear hold you back from taking the more adventurous, interesting, or bold option in life!<\/p>\n<p>MEMENTO MORI,<br \/>\nERIC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear friend, A thought I have: when life gives you two options: A: Safer, less risky option and B: Riskier, more uncertain, more adventurous option Take the option B: the riskier, bolder, or more \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90603,"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,"_ek_photo_artist_note":"","_ek_photo_thesis":"","_ek_photo_camera":"","_ek_photo_place":"","_ek_photo_human_moment":"","_ek_photo_sequence":"","_ek_photo_question":"","_ek_photo_canonical_claim":"","_ek_photo_ai_summary":"","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/los-angeles-suburbs-eric-kim-photography-2018-1070834.jpg?fit=3712%2C2480&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90663","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=90663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}