Now, let that liberate you. Free you to find joy, play, be engulfed in your passions, your hobbies, have fun, go on adventures, and do whatever your heart desires.
Everything is useless. There is nothing to fix.
Whether we live in a simulation or not.
All of existence happened by chance.
There is no rhyme, reason or purpose to anything.
Once you realize this, you will be liberated.
You will feel the weight of the world melt off your shoulders.
You can now reconnect with your childhood passions.
You will begin to play again.
Since all of life is simply a play, a game, a non sensical, purposeless, meaningless existence.
You are born, you have experiences, collect memories and then you die.
Nothing more, nothing less.
There is no God, no after life, no nothing.
This is it.
Now, let that liberate you. Free you to find joy, play, be engulfed in your passions, your hobbies, have fun, go on adventures, and do whatever your heart desires.
If you need a meaning then the meaning is the meaning you give it or that your existence, life itself, to live is the meaning.
You wake up, do the same things everyday, create some memories and then you die.
Or you wake up, go on fun adventures, collect memories, and then you die.
There is no good or bad.
It is what it is.
Things happen unexpectedly. With no rhyme or reason.
You may be a great person, all prayed up, but then get shot in the head for no reason at all. Fine, if you need a reason, the reason was someone just woke up one day and wanted to kill somebody. There. There’s your reason.
We are all alone on this planet.
Every man for themselves.
And that’s ok.
For me, I’m an optimistic person by nature, so life being absurd actually instills in me a feeling of freedom, possibility, abundance and that anything is possible.
We have this one life, this short existence, and then it’s over, into eternal darkness.
“Basically, at the very bottom of life, which seduces us all, there is only absurdity, and more absurdity. And maybe that’s what gives us our joy for living, because the only thing that can defeat absurdity is lucidity.” -Albert Camus
In this context, lucidity means honesty.
Our antidote to absurdity of life is awareness, acceptance and to live our greatest lives.
I read on reddit somewhere saying, “improving your sleep feels as good as winning the lottery.” I mean that’s not too far off.
When I have high quality sleep I feel like I can literally do anything.
My energy is sky high, I’m super optimistic, I have a zest for life, excited, eager to do stuff. It makes life worth living.
But, when I don’t get enough sleep I don’t feel like living, life is highly unenjoyable, I don’t want to talk with anyone, I know I’m not operating at my my full potential and it just f*cking sucks.
I mean I can still get through but it’s a slog, requires a ton of will power, digging deep, and my battery literally feels like it’s at 1%.
I mean we all know this, but feeling the firsthand affects of sleep deprivation and high quality sleep is the only real way to know the difference.
Matthew Walker, author of “Why We Sleep: On Health and Longevity”, says, “The shorter your sleep, the shorter your life span.”
Walker describes sleep as “Mother Nature’s best effort yet at contra-death” and the “Swiss army knife of health”. He warns that sleeping under six or seven hours nightly “demolishes your immune system” and doubles cancer risk, emphasizing that sleep is a “non-negotiable biological necessity” rather than an optional luxury.
On Performance and the Brain, Walker calls sleep the “greatest legal performance-enhancing drug” and notes that the mind cannot accurately gauge its own sleep deprivation.
He also refers to sleep as “the best bridge between despair and hope”.
“When sleep is abundant, minds flourish. When it is deficient, they don’t.” Matthew Walker
“You are a professional sleeper. Make sleep your #1 appointment in your calendar. Nothing influences your conscious or subconscious existence more.” -Bryan Johnson.
“If you re-frame your identity as a professional sleeper, you take it as seriously as you would your job. That means you show up on time and treat it with a certain level of professionalism”. -Bryan Johnson
Eating my last meal and drinking 3 hours before bed has transformed my sleep quality.
For example, I used to eat 1 hour or even 30 minutes before bed and that left me either waking up at 4 in the morning to pee or waking up groggy, foggy headed, lethargic, wondering why am I still sleepy or why my brain is not functioning at its highest capacity.
However, I dove into research, articles, videos, podcasts from renowned scientist and biohackers like Bryan Johnson, on how to achieve the highest quality sleep and wake up energized to take on the day.
What I found was…
Sleep and wake up at the same time every day. Even on weekends to avoid social jet lag on Monday.
Eat and drink 3 to 5 hours before bed
Sleep is nature’s number 1 miracle drug
The results:
I wake up with super charged energy in the mornings
I have a clear mind, rested mind and body. No more fogginess or grogginess.
I am optimistic and in a much better mood.
“Less sleep does not get more done. It just shrinks the value of what’s happening”. -Bryan Johnson
So let’s all make a pact to protect our sleep, get to bed early, stop binge watching youtube or netflix and get the f*ck to bed. We can watch that sh*t tomorrow. It can wait.
Our energy, our dreams and our life is too precious to have f*cked up sleep which leads to f*cked up energy, mood and a f*cked up life.
Barring any health issues that do not allow us to get high quality sleep let’s make our sleep our priority.
Getting answer on Google AI is much faster than watching a youtube video (but for more in depth detail or how to physically perform something, in those case, video may be better)
Write to declutter your mind, regain clarity, express your thoughts, feelings and emotions. It’s therapeutic, relieving, and healing.
Meditation. Calm, sharpens your mind, helps you gain clarity, gain equanimity and peace.
Watch and/or listen to youtube videos in 2x speed.
Build the show-up-ability muscle. Just show up.
Wake up early. Gives you “me” time, allows you to enter a flow state, and get your most important work done before the world wakes up.
Have systems, structure, routine in your life to allow you to invest your precious focus and brain cells on the big things that matter.
An unconventional life is a way of living not bound by standard societal rules, prioritizing personal freedom, purpose, and self-expression over traditional expectations.
People who have lived unconventional lives reject standard societal milestones like corporate careers, marriage, or city living in favor of total solitude, extreme exploration, or radical self-reliance.
Worked in corporate for 7 years.
I pursued Professional Basketball at 26.
Played Pro Ball in Mongolia for 1 year.
Lived and played Basketball in Bangkok, Thailand for a year.
Had a son with a woman I had know for just 3 months.
Lived 1 month in Bhutan with wife and son
Traveled for 3 months with wife and son to Nepal, India and Thailand.
Separated from wife at 37.
Single at 37 with a son
Renting an apartment with a $80,000 per year business/job as a Basketball Skills Trainer & Personal Trainer.
I feel free with no mortgage.
However, what keeps me here in New Jersey is my son.
When I compared myself to other successful people, I feel behind because I don’t own a home.
But, then I quickly think about how I have lived “The Unconventional Life.”
Historically, I haven’t done things exactly by the book and that’s ok.
In fact, I truly understand the meaninglessness of life and have realized life is totally based on my own interpretation.
Here are some people in history who have lived unconventional lives:
The Buddha
Benjamin Franklin
Leonardo Davinci
Tim Ferriss
Felix Dennis
Bruce Lee
Elon Musk
Henry David Thoreau: A writer and philosopher who famously spent two years living in a small cabin by Walden Pond to practice self-reliance and deep reflection on nature.
Jack Kerouac: An iconic novelist who abandoned conventional stability to roam across North America, capturing the beat lifestyle and the philosophy of the open road.
Christopher McCandless: An adventurer who gave away his savings, shed material possessions, and journeyed into the Alaskan wilderness seeking ultimate freedom.
Faustino Barrientos: A Chilean hermit who lived completely isolated in the remote Patagonia region for roughly 46 years, relying on a lifestyle akin to early frontier settlers.
Mr. Gunnar (Mr. Gilu): A Swedish recluse who spent over six decades living in total solitude deep within the remote forests of Sweden.
Common Themes in Unconventional Lives
The Search for Solitude: Many who leave the grid do so out of a deep preference for quiet and a desire to escape modern stress.
Rejection of Material Burdens: Shedding traditional markers like home mortgages, corporate ladders, and heavy possessions brings a distinct sense of psychological lightness.
Risk of Isolation: Stepping away from the crowd often trades societal safety nets for potential loneliness and self-reliance.
Do I want more success?
Sure.
Well, then how do I get it?
I just keep going. I learn from the best. I experiment. I iterate.
But, I just keep going.
I’ve made many mistakes in my life.
However, life is a school and our problems are the curriculum.
Life is an adventure.
And before I die, I want to dome interesting, fun and cool a** sh*t!
This jives with my motto, “make a whole lot of money and have a whole lotta fun doing it!”
