Brian J Mundell
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—Long Thread—
I spent 6 months living out of my car, traveling the country.
Here’s a thread on why I did it, how I did it, and what I learned from it.
But first, some of my favorite pictures from the trip:
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The final book in the Harry Potter series sold 8.3 million copies in just the first 24 hours after its release. J.K. Rowling became the most successful writer of all time because of her critically acclaimed series.
But her stroke of genius came at the beginning of a dark time in
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@FromKulak
Energy is the basis for everything. It is quite literally how work gets done. We need to use more energy, not less.
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If aliens touched down on Earth, would we even be able to communicate?
That’s the question the movie Arrival poses as ginormous and seemingly innocuous ships land (or rather float) around the globe and a linguist, played by Amy Adams, is tasked with learning their language.
The
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@EndOfDaysWoman
Spending your 20s renting interrupts inter generational wealth building. You’re paying someone else’s parent to live somewhere. You’re paying into someone else’s inheritance. You’re building no equity for yourself. Live with your parents until you can afford to own a home.
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I first saw American Psycho about ten years ago when I was 16. I had just seen The Dark Knight Rises and I tend to watch movies with actors I already like. Christian Bale is a great actor, so naturally when I sought out more movies by him, I stumbled on the instant cult classic
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@DejaRu22
Notice he said how do you spend the rest of your time. Not money, time. Time is all we have and how you spend your time is all that matters. You don’t need billions to follow your passions. Just start learning and creating.
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I used to despise reading fiction.
Now I’m an author of a sci-fi book.
Here’s how I found the value in reading fiction:
In middle school I came to the conclusion reading fiction was a waste of time. I’m a slow reader. Non-fiction was where the valuable information was. I’m a
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Now onto what I learned from my trip.
1.Embrace being alone.
In order for alone time to be peaceful, you have to be at peace with yourself. You have to love yourself. You have to be able to accept your past, embrace your present and be optimistic with your future.
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@christianamillr
How your partner takes care of themselves speaks volumes about how they’ll treat you. Not to mention the health and well-being and treatment of any kids you raise.
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Introduction to Friedrich Nietzsche
“God is dead. And we have killed him.” “What does not kill me makes me stronger.” “If you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”
These are just a few examples of Nietzschean sayings that we’ve come to take for granted since he
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If you made it this far, thanks for reading. Hope you got something out of it.
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Introduction to William James: The Father of American Psychology
William James was both a philosopher and a psychologist, with extensive training in physiology. His textbook, Principles of Psychology, is a whopping 1200 pages, and still gets cited over 130 years after
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“Gender affirming care” consists of pumping yourself full of synthetic hormones and receiving mutilating surgery. Nothing about that says “care” to me.
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Isaac Asimov is one of the most prolific writers of all time—second only to Stephen King—but how did he achieve such a staggering body of work? Time.
Asimov was born in Russia around the beginning of 1920. I say “around” because there are no records of his birth date and even
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If you’re like me and you have a thirst for knowledge, writing is the most important skill you can learn.
There’s always something new to learn, some thread to pull on, some rabbit hole to go down. Maybe you were having a conversation about politics and you realized you don’t
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What if instead of vaccine passports we just had consent forms saying we understand the risk of COVID when we enter a place?
And what if this consent form was verbal?
…
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Read books.
Lift weights.
Get sun.
Eat meat.
Create value.
Stack sats.
Help others.
Smile more.
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@engineers_feed
Paper books. More aesthetic: easy on the eyes, the weight, the page turning, the trophy on the book shelf.
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Introduction to Aristotle:
Over the course of his life, Aristotle garnered many nicknames, such as “The Master,” “The Encyclopaedia,” and simply, “The Philosopher.” He was a Renaissance man before the Renaissance, a man whose work is so widely talked about today, but who was
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The people in the cities were on drugs, eating literal garbage, and wasting away. The people in the forests were clean, fishing, and hiking.
Respect your body and you’ll never be homeless.
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We are all students of life, students of the world. And everything exists, in part, for us to learn from it.
Because it exists, there is truth. And where there is truth, there is a lesson to be learned.
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2. Television is a waste of time.
I didn’t have tv and I didn’t care. I had nature, I didn’t need tv. And I’ll always choose nature over tv.
Books are another great replacement. Doing anything creative is 10x better than tv.
You don’t need tv.
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It’s amazing how many different forms beauty can take. Taking a few weekend trips scattered throughout my life wouldn’t cut it. Living on the move for 6 months didn’t even cut it, but it was a great start. Plus, I’m the type of person that when I want something, I go all in.
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I’m a firm believer that push ups, pull ups, squats and sprints are all you need to have an athletic body.
That being said, if you really want your physique to pop, lift heavy things.
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That’s so much land. This country is gigantic. Texas alone took me 6 weeks to get through (and a big chunk of the driving was done without internet, listening to static filled Spanish radio as I went down county roads fenced off from the farms on either side).
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I just want to live a free and natural life, maxing out on health and creativity.
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The night sky is dulled by light pollution. The landscape is obfuscated by billboards. We get our food from supermarkets and drive our cars between narrow white lines because the second we breach that line you raise eyebrows, as if it’s an attack on the people who drew the lines
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I wish people would stop talking about climate change and start talking about pollution.
There’s trash everywhere, plastic everywhere, we’re dumping chemicals into the oceans and the atmosphere. Regardless of your stance on climate change, pollution is a problem.
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You may be thinking ‘If you wanted to travel why not just take a few weekend trips and fly to your destination. Why live out of your car?’
Simple. Between national parks, national forests and BLM land, there’s nearly 530 million acres of pristine land available to the public.
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4. At the end of the day, your body is your home. If you’re smart you’ll make it a castle. For millions of years, people just existed in the outdoors. For thousands and thousands of years, some had huts, tents or caves, but many still just existed in the outdoors.
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If you’re not at peace with yourself, in your alone time you’ll be thinking about all the reasons you don’t like yourself. All the embarrassing moments you’ve had, all of your insecurities, all of your worst nightmares start to bubble up.
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@brodentcel
In Ancient Rome, gold coins were minted by the gov. Over time, they created more coins by adding other metals and using less gold per coin (fiat), causing inflation.
Pure gold doesn’t corrode. Gold only corrodes when mixed with other metals.
This is a warning about inflation.
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Being alone forces you to acknowledge those thoughts and work them out. It gives you a chance to make sense of it, learn from it, and move forward. Afterward, your thoughts become much more clear. You better understand yourself and the world. You see through your own biases.
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When I didn’t have a gym to shower at, I rinsed off in rivers. As hot as it was, the rivers in Utah and Colorado were freezing cold because the water was snow up in the mountains just a few hours earlier.
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@oldbooksguy
The Principles of Economics by Carl Menger will tell you everything you need to know about money and decision making
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Your life is an expression of ideas. Your life is art.
Make it beautiful. Make it meaningful. Live with conviction.
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Introduction to Soren Kierkegaard: The Father of Existentialism
Are you observant, introspective, maybe a bit eccentric? Or perhaps you’re eccentric to the point of isolation and being antisocial? Do you have a sense of urgency from being so unnervingly aware of the fact that at
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Just got this bundle in the mail. Gonna be busy for a few months.
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@PaulSkallas
“In order to write about life, first you must live it.” It used to be writers had to be cool if they wanted to be good.
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I like being around other people. But I love being by myself. I get so much done and I find lots of clarity about what I want and what I believe. And because I take time to myself and use it to grow, I feel like I have more to offer other people when I am with them.
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I hope your McBiscuit was good this morning. I had the breakfast of champions
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It’s only when you’re alone that you’re able to filter out the thoughts, opinions, and ideas of the outside world, and really hear yourself for the first time. You get to the bottom of what YOU want, not just what you think you want.
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3. Nature, Exercise, Nutritious Food.
These three things will always enhance your mood. Whether you’re having a good day or a bad one, these things will take you from bad to good and from good to great.
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A creative activity as a hobby is such an easy way to become a more well rounded person:
-gives you something interesting to talk about
-you can start from zero and see yourself progress, confidence booster
-gives you a way to empty your mind, express yourself and relieve stress
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Be at peace with yourself. Have a clear vision for yourself. Then, you become unstoppable in your alone time. You’re free to do whatever you want and you know exactly what you want.
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The world is big. Your world is small. This is a good thing. You get to set the terms of your own life.
Take control of your world. Shape it. Be a creator and a conqueror.
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Cows have four stomachs and gorillas have extra long large intestines to aid in the digestion of plants. We have neither.
We have a particularly acidic stomach at a pH of ~2. Cows stomach pH is ~6.5. Very neutral. The strong acidity aids in digesting complete proteins, ie, meat.
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Introduction to Ayn Rand
Do you believe in individualism? Do you believe in small government? Do you believe men should have ideals? You might be interested in the writings of Ayn Rand. A short biography on Ayn Rand and her philosophy.
Ayn Rand was a novelist and independent
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My motivation for doing this was simple. I wanted to see all the beautiful landscapes this country has to offer. Sunny beaches, dense forests, snowy mountains and dry deserts.
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The path toward your full potential isn’t a path at all. It’s an overgrown field, a rocky terrain. It’s across a river and up a mountain.
It has to be this way. No one else has walked the path to your full potential before
because there’s only one you.
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I slept in my car whenever I had to stay a few nights in a city. I went to the gym every chance I could. It’s where I worked out, got most of my water for the day, showered, etc. While I was in the city, I would stock up on food (just meat and fruit of course).
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Nature: Blue skies over unique red rock formations. Sunsets over jagged, snowy mountain tops. Waves crashing at the beach. It’s all so peaceful. There’s a reason you listen to sounds of the rainforest to fall asleep.
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For the average person, the most impactful way to change the world is to simply have a kid and raise them well. This will matter far more than your career, how you vote or any kind of activism.
Embody your life philosophy. Raise your kids to be the same.
Big ripple effect.
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Out west, it’s a different world. There’s way less cities and way more public land to hang out on and explore. I love the southwest. But it was late spring when I was there and it was blazing hot.
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You figure out what kind of life makes sense to you. People always ask what is the meaning of life. The real question is what is the meaning of YOUR life. The answer to this is wholly dependent on what you want and the only way to know that is through alone time.
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The trip was an enlightening experience. I’ll get to what I learned, but first, how I went about it.
For these 6 months, I lived in my small SUV. I built a foldable bedframe/storage unit to go in my trunk. It gave me a flat surface to sleep on when the back seats were down.
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You don’t need to virtue signal if your life is an embodiment of your values.
Show, don’t tell.
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Optimization requires experimentation. If you want to optimize your life you have to be willing to make radical changes and stick to them for months at a time.
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I like how we all just pretend plastic water bottles aren’t giving everyone cancer…
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A healthier society is a freer society.
If there were less soyboys in the world, we might not have such a tendency to rely on government for security.
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Animals are slaves to their instincts. We’re free because we’re capable of consciousness and self control. You can choose what you put your energy toward. That’s freeing.
But if you choose to do nothing, you will degenerate into a hedonistic animal and your freedom will dwindle.
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This year, at 26, I published my first book.
The work of fiction is about 75,000 words.
It took me a year to write the first draft and 6 months to revise and edit it.
At first, I had no idea what I was doing. Here’s how I started and finished the biggest project of my life:
I
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Weak discipline leads to being enslaved and imprisoned by the warden called comfort.
Strengthen your discipline. Be your own warden. Don’t be afraid to get uncomfortable.
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5. All the best goals are intimidating at first.The discomfort is what makes you stronger.
The world is a big place. I went from New York to Florida. Then I made stops in Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah, Tennessee, and Virginia.
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@Timcast
They’re right in identifying the problems. But the solutions offered on that sub are laughable.
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@Athens_Stranger
“Scientific consensus” and the “scientific community” actually seem to care a lot about what the “majority” believes. Any Neil DeGrasse Tyson clip will tell you that.
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The owners had no house, apartment, etc. I also saw many tents in national forests. There were owners who had no house, apartment, etc. I don’t think it’s the sleeping in a tent part that makes you homeless. It’s the state of your body.
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You can get so much done when you have no one interrupting you, no obligations, no distractions.
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I almost headed straight north from Arizona to get out of the heat for good. But I stuck with the plan. When I finally got to Venice Beach I ripped my shirt off and sprinted for the water.
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When I was away from the city and out in the desert or up on a mountain (much preferred), I slept in a tent. I had a portable grill for cooking and a solar panel and battery for power.
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Discipline is the most masculine trait there is. Tell me I’m wrong.
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Still on the fence about climate change and our contribution to it, but even if the worst models were correct, there’s no amount of rationalization that could lead me to believe not having kids is the solution. If that’s your solution you have your priorities mixed up.
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I went north to south, coast to coast, and back. It was a lot. When I was dragging my feet in Texas it was really hitting me how far these distances are. I almost didn’t go to California.
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I’ll take a sweet guitar solo over a sick beat any day.
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If the government told you to jump off a bridge, would you do it?
Judging by the last few years, a lot of people would. What happened to America?
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Sorry but Twitter is really boring after big political news. My feed is flooded with stuff I already know / agree with.
Go back to telling me all the weird ways I can improve myself…
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Good posture pays dividends.
Makes your physique look better.
Makes you look more confident.
Makes you feel more confident.
Improves breathing.
Improves bloodflow.
The list goes on.
Stand up straight.
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People are physical beings. We’re meant to move. Why would you sit still all day?
Our bodies have a purpose. When you don’t put it to work the way it’s meant to be put to work, you’re worse off for it.
And when you’re worse off, the world is worse off.
Move.
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I recently started playing with crayons again and I’m just really proud of this bush.
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At this point, if you’re still wearing a mask you might as well just put a clown suit on. What on earth is the point??
They don’t do anything, most people are vaccinated, and each variant will be progressively less lethal. You’re not the hero you think you are.
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Lol at the doctors who suggest red meat is bad for you. How could something so intimately intertwined with our evolutionary path be bad for us? It’s part of our very being. We ARE red meat.
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Exercise: Getting a rush of blood to your brain and body. Dopamine release. You just hit a new PR. Your body feels rejuvenated. You have a clear mind. You’re ready to tackle the day.
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Nutritious Food: You just gave your body everything it needs to keep on keeping on. Protein, fat, vitamins, minerals. And no crash. You refuel your body and leave your mind free to focus on other things.
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@AlpacaAurelius
Even more powerful is the frequency your heart gives off. It’s loaded with neurons sending powerful electrical signal, so powerful the heart will continue beating outside the body. Spend enough time with someone and your heart frequencies can sync up
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Happiness is a choice.
It’s the choice to have steak and eggs for breakfast with a lake view. That’s happiness.
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Friendly reminder to unplug, get some sun, and have a good laugh with a friend.
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It was better than what I imagined. I felt like I had conquered the country just by standing there. Even though I had to face the heat again after I left, somehow I felt like the hard part was over. It was nothing I hadn’t seen before.
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The ability to not care what people think of you doesn’t come from some nihilist indifference to the world and your position in it. It comes from confidence.
Be confident in your beliefs on what a good life is and ensure you are the living embodiment of that.
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And in this way, everyone chooses for themselves what threats they are exposed to.
Simple, right? Normal even.
Almost like thousands of years of civil society led us to a pretty good place before we let fear take over.
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Freedom has to be chosen, earned, and maintained. It’s a function of will power.
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It’s crazy that people will go into $100,000 of debt for a degree.
It’s even crazier that some of those same people won’t put a couple hundred dollars worth of books on their credit card.
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