I came across this video posted by Mayor of Mgtown sometime ago. In it, this man constructs a livable house in the middle of a desert. The home is as stripped down as you can get. As I really love looking at these kinds of projects, this gave me the inspiration for the construction a steel container house as I thought it would be simpler to build. Even simpler than these two options would be living out of a used RV. I might consider buying one someday just to have the convienece of traveling around America.
Having a crazy idea in your head is one thing. Actually trying to build a house on your own is a completely different thing. This is the reason I'm glad that these videos of manmade structures exist on youtube. While it doesn't show the process of construction, it does show the end result of having your own small house. The man in this video is one of the freest men I can think of without being rich/wealthy. We might see more men like him in the future.
Showing posts with label Red Pill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Red Pill. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Saturday, May 23, 2015
Stardusk Minimalist Video
I do really enjoy Stardusk's content. On his channel, he has covered several unique topics such as conflict minerals, eating insects, and male mother need. He has very interesting thoughts and ideas.
One aspect I really admire about his is his practice of minimalism. Minimalism has been spoken about before. Aaron Clarey dedicates a chapter to it in Enjoy the Decline. However, it is good to hear the same concepts validated by multiple people. Stardusk's recent video goes into good detail about minimalism.
Instead of working long and hard for material wealth, a minimalist values time and freedom more than the material wealth. More than anything else, I value my freedom. More than money, fame, sex, or power, I just want my freedom.
When I see celebrities or top business executives in the media, I am envious. But I am not envious of their mansions, cars, or material things. I envy them because I know they could just drop everything they are working on and live out the rest of their lives doing whatever they please (provided they don't may really bad decisions).
I do take comfort in the fact that a man does not need to become a millionaire in order to be free. He just has to make sure not to waste money on bad decisions.
In Stardusk's video, he states that he works only a few hours a week. He doesn't need or want to drive. He lives in a single flat and has been wearing the same clothes for over 8 years. His only real costs are rent, food, and health insurance. While the average person would not envy this sort of lifestyle, I can see the benefits to this life style.
Stardusk has so much time do do what he enjoys such as reading, studying, playing video games, exercise, and other things. It is no vacation in Dubai but it beats out working 60 hours a week. As the old saying goes, "the worst day of fishing is better than the best day of work".
I admire his monk like sort of lifestyle. Hopefully, I'll find more people that will promote minimalism in the future.
One aspect I really admire about his is his practice of minimalism. Minimalism has been spoken about before. Aaron Clarey dedicates a chapter to it in Enjoy the Decline. However, it is good to hear the same concepts validated by multiple people. Stardusk's recent video goes into good detail about minimalism.
Instead of working long and hard for material wealth, a minimalist values time and freedom more than the material wealth. More than anything else, I value my freedom. More than money, fame, sex, or power, I just want my freedom.
When I see celebrities or top business executives in the media, I am envious. But I am not envious of their mansions, cars, or material things. I envy them because I know they could just drop everything they are working on and live out the rest of their lives doing whatever they please (provided they don't may really bad decisions).
I do take comfort in the fact that a man does not need to become a millionaire in order to be free. He just has to make sure not to waste money on bad decisions.
In Stardusk's video, he states that he works only a few hours a week. He doesn't need or want to drive. He lives in a single flat and has been wearing the same clothes for over 8 years. His only real costs are rent, food, and health insurance. While the average person would not envy this sort of lifestyle, I can see the benefits to this life style.
Stardusk has so much time do do what he enjoys such as reading, studying, playing video games, exercise, and other things. It is no vacation in Dubai but it beats out working 60 hours a week. As the old saying goes, "the worst day of fishing is better than the best day of work".
I admire his monk like sort of lifestyle. Hopefully, I'll find more people that will promote minimalism in the future.
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
The First Red Pill Video I Ever Saw
It was late 2012. I was up and I just couldn't bring myself to sleep. I remember just being online and scanning youtube for any sort of interesting video. During that time, I was unemployed. I had a lot of free time and a good chance to relax for a little bit. It was the second time I was laid off due to work contracts ending.
Employment termination would be stressful to a married man with children. Fortunately, I was no married man with children. This is one of those things that people don't really tell you when you grow up. Not getting married and not having children means a much cheaper existence (cost of living). By staying a single man, 100% of your after tax money goes to you. For this reason, I plan to never marry or have children. Needless to say, my parents were shocked an appalled by this. They were at first but I had to constantly berate them about this.
I'd rather sacrifice intimate relationships in order to have more of my leisure time.
This is something I grew up knowing throughout middle school, high school, and college. Never once did I hear anyone give the advice to sacrifice marriage or children in order to work less.
It was late and I was just looking at different videos. I decided to type the search term "do not have children" into youtube and I saw The No Children Manifesto by Aaron Clarey.
For the first time, I heard someone make some sense. I also heard about the red pill at that point. I wasn't crazy. And I wasn't alone.
Employment termination would be stressful to a married man with children. Fortunately, I was no married man with children. This is one of those things that people don't really tell you when you grow up. Not getting married and not having children means a much cheaper existence (cost of living). By staying a single man, 100% of your after tax money goes to you. For this reason, I plan to never marry or have children. Needless to say, my parents were shocked an appalled by this. They were at first but I had to constantly berate them about this.
I'd rather sacrifice intimate relationships in order to have more of my leisure time.
This is something I grew up knowing throughout middle school, high school, and college. Never once did I hear anyone give the advice to sacrifice marriage or children in order to work less.
It was late and I was just looking at different videos. I decided to type the search term "do not have children" into youtube and I saw The No Children Manifesto by Aaron Clarey.
For the first time, I heard someone make some sense. I also heard about the red pill at that point. I wasn't crazy. And I wasn't alone.
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