Adam Mundorf : Philosophical and Financial : Thoughts and Musings

What I Believe Happens After Death By Adam Mundorf What's the worst thing that a person can imagine?  Oftentimes it's death, even though it's called the great unknown.  Nobody knows what happens after this life, it could end up being the greatest ever.  In the following passage, I'll give my idea on what happens after death. What I Believe Happens After Death Let's start with birth and death.  One day we just started remembering and doing.  We became an easily malleable soul.  What was before that?  Nothing that we know of.  In a way, death is just as natural as birth.  It happens at different times, in different ways and oftentimes not at an ideal time.   As with anything in life, everything is connected and everything matters.  A butterfly effect of things change events around the world and for eternity, no matter how insignificant.  I dropped a pencil in New Jersey in 2003 and it caused a Chinese man to get run over by ...

Waste How Many Chairs Can One Man Sit In? By Adam Mundorf Waste Man, if there's one thing in life I despise it's waste.  People who buy too much and throw so much away.  What bothers me most is the waste of animal products.  Not only are you killing a living thing, you're wasting it's carcass and wasting money on the meat.  Waste implies that you are taking more than your fair share from the universe.  It's an extremely selfish act to waste and one that I believe comes with some karmic repercussions.  It's that mindset that you just need more and more.  More food, more money, more things, more alcohol and more drugs.  If you have food, water and shelter : How much more do you truly NEED? How Many Chairs Can One Man Sit In? How many chairs can one man sit in and is it virtuous to have more than your fair share?  I can see accumulating money with the sole purpose of doing great deeds with it.  At the end of the day, money gets people fed a...

My Aversion to Mindless Dopamine Activities By Adam Mundorf Adam, you're no fun.  This is often said when people find out that I don't go out much, use social media, smoke weed, drink alcohol and avoid promiscuity in all forms.  I have an aversion to the above dopamine dominant activities.  I find great inner peace in living life raw and being in the present.  When you begin limiting or preferably eliminating the above activities, the simple things in life begin granting limitless joy.   What does social media/weed/alcohol/promiscuity offer that I cannot find within myself?   Social media isn't real life and only distracts people from true self expression.  Focusing on likes/public opinion stunts spiritual growth.  Putting up a filtered photo shows an unhappiness with the truth of who you really are and constant contact with others shows one's fear of solitude.  Some of the most self  absorbed yet insecure people are products o...

Why I Don't Look Like I Lift Diet : Strength Training Longevity By Adam Mundorf Why I Don't Look Like I Lift When I go to the park, certifications or local gyms, I often get the same comment : "He doesn't look like he could lift that."  "Why aren't you more muscular but can lift all that weight?" "Why are you a bit heavy(fat) but can still do impressive calisthenics?" Let's begin with the way I've strength trained and eaten for the last decade.  For one to incur muscle hypertrophy generally a caloric surplus and high density is required.  Caloric surplus means eating more than you expend and high density means lifting as much weight in as short a time frame as possible.  The two above things are required to drastically change your body.  I don't do the above things. Diet I fast for 18 to 20 hours every single day.  I am often exceeding 15,000 steps per day at my job which burns more calories than the average person without takin...

It Doesn't Get Easier By Adam Mundorf It Doesn't Get Easier It doesn't get easier.  Procrastination kills the future self.  You may have heard the phrase : "The best time to plant a tree was yesterday but the second best time is right now."  I hear and see many people procrastinate everything from saving money to retirement investing to physical fitness.  The clock keeps on ticking whether you're complicit in self improvement or not. Start Now Start now and don't wait another second.  Life has a habit of pulling people along.  I believe life can pretty much be divided into four main categories : Physical Fitness, Nutrition, Finances and Mental Health.  This is honestly a pretty good list, most of it is recommended by people far older and wiser than me.  Just remember that while we search for the perfect routine, it's the doing that always provides results.  When you don't know what you believe in, everything becomes an argument.  Believe...

The Deathly Hallows : Trifecta of Longevity You Can Have It All My Empire of Dirt By Adam Mundorf Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows "They consisted of the  Elder Wand , an immensely powerful wand that was considered unbeatable; the  Resurrection Stone , a stone which could summon the spirits of the dead, and the  Cloak of Invisibility , which, as its name suggests, rendered the user completely invisible.  According to legend, he who possessed these three artifacts would become the  Master of Death .  " My Interpretation For many people this may seem like just a story.  To me the meaning goes far deeper.  While the human body can't sustain forever, we can live an extraordinary active and healthy life deep into old age by following three key tenets.  My version of the three deathly hallows. Three Main Categories : The Physical Body Muscles, Joints and Tendons Nutrition The Mental, Moral, Relationships and Philosophical State Clarit...

Life Isn't Hard in America Low Life Criminals : Public Executions By Adam Mundorf Life Isn't Hard in America Where else in the world can you go from zero to hero over the course of a lifetime?  Why are there lines to get into this country but aren't lines to leave?  Are we perfect?  Absolutely not, but this is the best bet we have.  How many times have you worried about a bombing?  How many times have you worried about a famine?  How many times have you worried about running water?  How many times have you worried about being beheaded?  Never. You can't dictate where you start, but you certainly can decide where you finish.  People act like life is so unfathomably hard in this country.  I find that the majority of life's ailments especially in America are self-inflicted.  I can't begin to tell you how peaceful and fruitful my life has been not being a piece of shit.  I don't do drugs.  Not once have I even considered heroi...