VITALITY

You’re alive, and I’m 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‘s gift is volatility to the faithful.

life

Life is effing insane.

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.

Then there’s death life, new birth, new beginnings, chapters which end, chapters which begin.

I think, the hard thing to really deeply consider philosophically is, that… Yeah obviously we hate the downside and I do not wish the stress of being a bitcoin or MSTR investor to anybody… Yet, that is actually our origin of strength.

For example, probably one of the most fascinating quotes that I get from Friedrich Nietzsche is, 

“A wound stimulates the recuperative properties.”

Essentially what I think it means is, that, like let’s say you’re Achilles, you’re a warrior, you’re on the battlefield. Certainly sooner or later someone was going to thrust their sword or spear into your side, you’re going to bleed blood, it might come out the other side.

And then also assuming, that, you give yourself enough time, I wonder if, the wound is actually a stimulus for growth or strength strengthening?

that which does not kill me only makes me stronger

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, all this consumerism is trying to kill your self-esteem. 

I think the difficult thing to also consider is, kind of the antifragile strategy, is… That rather than trying to shy away from battle and attacks and “bad” stuff… Rather, trying to seek it instead?

Life for example if you’re Achilles, and you’re just crying on the shore, lusting for battle… Achilles wants and hungers for and desires battle. 

If you’re an investor or trader, certainly nobody wants to get liquidated and nobody wants to see their money go down, yet, assuming you’re in a position where you cannot get liquidated, and you could just weather the storm, isn’t this a good goal? 

to conquer is the goal

This sounds like bad ethics, but I believe it. 

Man is not happy to just be a Zen monk, and to just twiddle his thumbs, and to just smile at the sun. Rather, I think it is the true desire of man to augment, to grow, to extend, to expand.

Even look at trees, does a tree just want to be a sapling for its entire life? No! The tree also wants to keep growing, to keep expanding, to keep expanding its influence.

All vitality everything

So this sounds like a waste of time, but… I really do believe that the true wisdom is, optimizing everything in your life for and towards vitality.

This means, optimize all elements of your life to maximize your vitality, in terms of food sleep, rest, and also… Your own focus and well-being.

fear or ,, focus?

So there’s a nice scene from the movie 300, in which, King Leonidas, it’s not a sense of fear but a “heightened sense of things.”

I think we think critically… And really strive to understand our hormonal responses to things, it’s actually not fear that we are afraid of. But rather, focus.

Being attentive is a virtue.

worst case scenario?

So this is my new motto, nothing matters except this:

just don’t get liquidated.

That means any sort of social things, annoyances or whatever… Even political things were whenever it doesn’t involve your family’s capital and the family jewels, ignore it.

Whats your opinion? Good or bad?

“Neither”.

I think the difficult thing of life is literally almost like 100% of things don’t deserve our attention our focus etc. Once again guys, the only thing that matters is money finances and capital.

I think also the tricky thing to consider is that once again the goal isn’t to become super insanely rich, and to make big profits and to make a large income but, to simply not go broke, to not get liquidated, to not lose everything.

And therefore wealth isn’t like having a bunch of ones and zeros in your bank account, but, simply having it secure and not losing it.

How to improve your vitality

So I think the first really critical one is in regards to anything that gets your blood flowing, that gets your legs walking pumping, whether it be riding a bike walking, lifting weights hiking etc., anything that gets you moving around is a virtue.