In a previous post, I described my $5000 content spend for 2024 … which brings up a bigger PROBLEM, ie what do I remove to make room for it AND for the new acquistions that hopefully better content, better ideas lead to me add.

It’s NEVER about what we add or acquire … 95% or maybe more, ie who knows what the numeric percentage is, of the BENEFIT comes from the stupid shit minimize

In terms of content, there are only so many seconds in a day … $5000 is cheap for what value we might get out of good content … but we will get at least $95,000 worth of benefit from REMOVING the stupid timewasting shit we waste time on. It’s EASY for us to say that we need to get rid of any time wasted on idiotic things like HATE … or allowing any kind of mindrot, eg like dwelling on the pain of having our feelings hurt, to live rent-free for even one second in our minds … but we ALSO have to get rid of other forms of STUPIDTHINK such as spending too much time dwelling on memories or wishing to return to the past or hoping to see people who mattered to us again.

We have to LIVE on the future-ish side of the present, as we prepare for the future – we cannot waste time looking back, because we are not going that way.

Obviously, therefore, time management HAS TO matter even more when we are trying to make room for better new habits. YES, of course, we are serious enough about minimization to ensure that the screen time on our mobile devices stays low … and YES, we generally HAVE TO make a practice of AVOIDING MOST SOCIAL MEDIA. For the most part, and the ONLY reason that use social media is as a way to let people who MIGHT NEED US SOME DAY, although they don’t realize why they need us yet … to let people know that we’re still out there and, more importantly, we are never going to settle down and be one bit normal.

As human beings, our behavioral tendency is to always be curious about things, maybe thinking that we might need something in the future as a tool or something that helps us … so we are pretty much always in acquistion mode … acquiring more and more and MORE stuff, even when it’s electronic content that we minimalists like because content takes up no space and is rapidly findable … but the MORE IMPORTANT flip side of acquisition is about what we will sort through, remove, minimize, phase out, revise, edit, purge and eliminate stuff from our system.

What is our ONGOING PLAN for detoxification and elimination going to be?

The INITIAL plan might be as simple as going for a long walk EVERY DAY … and purging anything that shows up as a problem or crosses our mind as we are walking … a long walk has ways of making the need for purging dreadfully obvious, eg “My knees hurt. Well … WHY would your knees hurt? Do you need to stop eating stupid shit again … OR have you been sitting too much rather than going for walks?”

The NEXT phase of walking, if there are no obvious aches/pains, is to THINK … to especially think about simplification and removal …life is pretty much always a matter Of DETOX and ELIMINATION, but there are parasitic advertisers out there that will try to make you think that life is about acquisition … it’s NOT!

Affluent lives are PATHOLOGICALLY acquisitive

HEALTHY LIVES, by contrast are is pretty much always a matter of sorting out, straightening, polishiing, standardizing, sustaining, more polishing, more optimizing and ELIMINATING THE STUPID SHIT … it’s the same with training for anything; the important part of training is to minimize the junk steps, but do the steps correctly and in a manner that does not impose any costs or additional work on anyone else.

Walking is HIGH VALUE activity if you make sure that it is a MENTAL activity … and NOT the kind of thing where you are distracted by stupid music or other mind rot. If you want to make the very most out of your walks, you have to PURGE the stupid mindless shit out of your walking method so that you focus on MINDFUL walking.

I HAVE TO try to minimize everything that does not make me stronger, more courageous, less afraid

I don’t have a choice any more … I no longer have ANY ROOM for any baggage … I HAVE TO sort my shit out and severely minimize everything that does not make me stronger, more courageous, less afraid. HAVE TO. HAVE TO. HAVE TO.

I no longer have ANY ROOM for any baggage … so I HAVE TO severely minimize everything that does not make me stronger, more courageous, less afraid.

I recognize that these things are making me weaker and maybe less able to confront things, so it is necessary for really get my mind back to “being a LEAN THINKING predatory killer/eater again.”

It might sound extreme, but it’s really about being HEALTHY … and that means being able to go hungry, able to live in discomfort, able to do HARD things … so it really IS about getting back to “being a LEAN THINKING predatory killer/eater again.”

I apologize if people find the language to be extreme … but that’s just the way it has to be. One simply HAS TO PUSH ONE’s MIND in that LEAN frame of mind, ie what’s the simplest possible shot that will work to reliably bring down the kill?

The LEAN frame of KILLING mind and the discipline of that mindset is necessary if one wishes to be healthy. When it comes to health …there’s NO SUBSITUTE for the LEAN KILLER mindset … it’s raw, bloody and tastes like something real … you can’t make it better by pouring ketchup on it or washing it down with some mind-altering beverage.

Why We NEED to FAST

Taking things away is like FASTING … not exactly like extended fasting or some sort of hunger strike … but we have to do whatever we need to do in order to FEEL hunger.

Controlling our appetites for different things is not exactly like fasting and doing without – it’s about using as little as we can possibly use OR like eating ONE GREAT MEAL A DAY in order to restore control of one’s appetites … it’s ESSENTIAL to periodically experience HUNGER … we don’t need to deprive ourselves to the point where we react by overconsuming.

But, I am afraid there’d be nothing wrong with a few bouts of extended fasting for me right now … and I have found that extended fasts do help me to be more courageous, less afraid … SO maybe, I will think about doing some extended fasting … but I also know from past experience that I really have to get my mind to the point where I am ready, able and CONFIDENT enough to persist through some bouts of extended fasting.

The point of OMAD is not to NOT COMPLAIN, NEVER WHINE, NEVER MAKE EXCUSES … and, being HUNGRY once a day, reminds one that we not only can survive a weensy little bit of suffering … it actually makes us much, MUCH healthier … especially when we focus on eating the VERY BEST things for us nutritionally [which we might otherwise, if our appetite is impaired by the standard American diet, not be hungry enough to be excited by].

Of course, nobody wants to live in unbearable discomfort and pain – but the quickest way to get into that state is actually from endulging the standard American diet or eating at restaurant … of course, one should exercise and feel a BIT of discomfort every day … the point is not to suffer, but to press out on one’s limits … to remove the lethargy … it’s mostly about taking away the American lifestyle of convenience and comfort, focusing first on eliminating ALL of stupid shit that makes me worse off … the same general mentality applies thoroughout ALL of my purchases.

That’s why there’s no drinking any more for me … I not only avoid alcohol like the plague but I also find that I have to avoid friends/family members who drink … because it’s too demoralizing to have a conversation with imbeciles.

In a nutshell, moving to ASYNCHRONOUS WORKFLOWS and completely virtual workflow is about placing a priority on making the most of everyone’s time; people who need to have physical meetings tend to be time wasters. This is why the removal of the convenience or WEAKNESS of automotive culture is behind my severe minimization of all driving … I have learned that I not only strongly prefer to walk everywhere, but I also need to make sure that I am able walk, ie my knees or my back is not bothering me, I can carry a large pack and not get blisters or sore muscles on my feet after hiking several miles … I do make accomodations to travel for things that are absolute business necessities, but I find that there are fewer and fewer of these necessities AS I LEARN that many meeting/conf organizers are entirely MINDLESS when it comes to agendas of physical meetings or work that they imagine requires a physical presence.

When it comes to carbs … I have done it before … I don’t like the serious withdrawl pains that come with an abrupt cessation … but it’s time again for me to wean myself from processed foods, breads, sugars and most carbohydrates … I will not lie, eliminating these things tends to be hard on me … these standard American diet things are extremely cheap, so they appeal to my tendency to opt for cheap calories/cheap protein as I pinch pennies [and still get that short-term sugar high or satiating “boost” from a bread item] … but I recognize that these things are making me weaker and maybe less able to confront things, so it is necessary for get my mind back to “just being a predatory killer/eater again.”

Spending SMARTER on fixed assets

Phase out the vehicle … spend minimal amount necessary to keep vehicle road worthy … the ultimate plan is not to own a vehicle.

The general strategy in home repair/maintenance is to minimize use, PUT OFF maintenance, PUT OFF improvements, PUT OFF all upgrades … it’s all about keeping the power dry and saving money for the eventual remod. Sure, I still need a servicable place to live … but I will continue to put off improvements and save money for what I see as LARGE coming remods as long as I can … eventually the house will probably need a new roof, new windows [and probably new siding], a new deck/porch/conservatory or south facing atrium … but, frankly, the highest and best use of these two lots property might be demolition and reconstruction [since the property has been re-classified to be within a floodzone.]

On landscape architecture, I will continue to invest in soil building and attempting to extend/prolong the life of the trees … add plants, shaping the terrain and attempting re-shape the landscape MANUALLY … for the lifting and exercise. Along the way, I will dismantle the rock/paver impediments and repurpose those things as terracing aids to generally retain water around the property, as close to where the rain falls because drowth is going to be a permanent consideration on property build on top of gravel fill. In order to reduce Summer temperatures by 20-25 degrees on the property, will reduce any paved area solar heat collectors and replace those areas garden items grown in movable, optimizable bags of improved soil. I have used geraniums as soil building aids as I compost organic material into something that will eventually resemble a higher quality soil … the main benefit of geraniums is their riduculous hardiness and durability in the face of neglect; since geraniums are tough to kill, I have found them to be helpful as indicators of soil readiness for use. My soil transformation process is sort of simple and crude; I just use vermiculite with composted leaves/twigs mixed in with the ridiculously junky fill and gravelly sand that comprised the “fill” which was used as the topsoil this property … it’s time to level off my population of geraniums and just renew/refresh/repot as I use the soil that formerly grew geraniums for garden containers … this soil has never really grown a decent crop of crabgrass, but it will grow broadleafs and [with sufficient fertilization will support little tufts of turfgrass seedlings that can be mowed, but perpetually need to be re-established

A Better Plan Starts with BETTER Knowing The WHY of the Plan

My WHY is about being a BETTER example of my WHY … of course, I don’t exactly know my WHY yet … for me, this existence is about pondering that WHY.

I am seeking to minimize the time that I waste by not being in a state of prayerful contemplation.

PRAYER. MORE PRAYER. ALL DAY PRAYER.