longple goes yolo around the world - Page 3

On November 04 2014 10:46 Santafairy wrote: you're right i apologize for being unfair i should have made my entire post the caption to a picture of hitler instead

Lame tu quoque fallacy. Even if I had been unfair to PuertoRican, it wouldn't excuse you from doing it.

On November 03 2014 04:53 Loco wrote: Show nested quote + On October 31 2014 17:57 GoTuNk wrote: Do not neglect: have sex. make more money

I'll pass this image on to my children

"lift more, fuck more, make more money" generally keeps me happy though

It seems too animalistic/self-centered to me. Emerson has a bit on happiness which I believe sounds more sensible:

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”

Love your post. Getting out of your comfort zone. By the way, you don't have to hit rock bottom to find the fighting spirit in yourself. That is something that I am trying to realize. Its actually way harder to face your own deepest darkest parts of yourself when they aren't banging on your door, because you don't have to.

I just went on a trip to Europe to visit a woman and she had to work during the day, so I was basically on my own in a German city for a 6 of the days. I highly suggest books and an mp3 player with a ton of music. But thats just me at this point. If you can really get out there and be social all day and be relaxed, then you have it all.

Good luck man.

Stated watching many Sam Harris videos after this blog

On November 05 2014 02:58 Loco wrote: It seems too animalistic/self-centered to me. Emerson has a bit on happiness which I believe sounds more sensible: “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
-Harold Thurman Whitman

I like this better, and in the end I think the two quotes end up being compatible

thx for the advice big rob. nothing makes me come alive like gassing jews

(always enjoy loco's contributions)

On November 07 2014 14:27 Big_Rob_isback wrote: Show nested quote + On November 05 2014 02:58 Loco wrote: It seems too animalistic/self-centered to me. Emerson has a bit on happiness which I believe sounds more sensible: “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” -Harold Thurman Whitman I like this better, and in the end I think the two quotes end up being compatible

Not necessarily compatible. For a great number of people, the things that make them feel alive depend on making others feel terrible, whether directly or indirectly.

On November 06 2014 00:05 Big_Rob_isback wrote: Love your post. Getting out of your comfort zone. By the way, you don't have to hit rock bottom to find the fighting spirit in yourself. That is something that I am trying to realize.

I think this is true, but it's incredibly difficult. The ancient Stoics had a practice called voluntary discomfort, which involved temporarily depriving themselves of things so that they don't take them for granted. It's a practiced designed to combat the hedonic treadmill problem, but also served as preparation were you to lose those things. To the modern mind, depriving oneself of something you currently have and want tends to make no sense, but to the Hellenistic philosophers--arguably the first true psychologists--it wasn't. They had the wherewithal for it which we lack.

snap.. was just reading this today http://www.theguardian.com/commentisf...inance-structuring-equity-derivatives

"By the end of my time at the bank I was making around £800,000 a year. That's a lot of money, a lot. I saved it all, never went for the expensive car etc. As a result I am in my mid 30s and I never have to work again in my life. Stoicism holds great appeal to me, as a philosophy. No matter how much stuff you have, you will always get used to it and want more. So it's much smarter to imagine you have much less, and then enjoy what you have. Under the shower this morning I imagined what my life would be like without running hot water. That's reality for 5 billion other people on this planet. I ended up thoroughly enjoying my shower, deeply grateful. "It's strange. Bankers are so smart, yet they get this thing wrong. They spend their lives in an office when the only truly valuable thing in life is time. It is the only thing that is not replenishable. You can always make more money, but you can never get more time. Maybe it's because death is such a taboo in our society; that people live in this illusion that their life will go on forever. Or maybe they are afraid of the time, if they'd take it, if they'd stop working those insane hours.

got it figured out

Awesome blog man... hope you can keep us updated. Ill be doing something similar to you although not quite as adventurous as a one way ticket but going to India for 2-3 months beginning in January. If you have any inclination to venture on up lemme know!

All the best

When I saw the Blogpost reps I thought "wow 50 replies from a Longple Blog(should be a fun read), Imma read this all then I saw Loco.."

where and when are you starting with your trip?

10 days ago

australia!

to those of you i didnt respond too, thx for the wellwishes! =)

how do you like it so far?:D

how are you longple? this no info is scary

Don't worry I'm well and alive was the best thing ever to step away from poker, I've given myself alot of space and realised alot of stuff. After about 3 months of jiu jitsu and backpacking through Australia I now find myself in a small village in northern Thailand in Nakhon Sawan for a few weeks off training. I might make some larger update in the future. All the best LP!

Awesome! Great stuff. Please keep a journal or something and update every 3 months or so . Obv, living takes precedence but I am always interested in insights and experiences gained through travels like this. Namaste.