Living Maximally

Many of us have interests, but not all interests are alike. Let's face it, many of our interests are mere entertainments within arms reach. The access is easier. The fact for many people is that it is easier to plop their arse in a bar stool rather than carry a kayak to the water and start paddling.

So many people are bored and don't know how to reach their interests, this is because the path not beaten requires heavy treading, so they opt for the easy effort and choose what is presented to them instead. They end up doing the standard and predictable: licking a sno cone at Sea World, giggling at lame TV, sitting around, shopping for nonsense, overemphasizing the importance of their work versus the importance of life, and just living a plain boring ordinary existence. Yet deep down inside we all yearn for more. There is more to life than the ordinary, but it takes effort to embrace. Life is just a fantasy and we can write the adventures of our own story.

The currency of life only returns based on investment.
It takes more units of energy to carry that kayak to the water, but the returns are more than ordinary experience can offer.

I think we should come to the understanding that life is not boring, but only boring to the lax brain, and that there are far more amazing and unique experiences available to us than a lifetime can possibly savor.

Something else extraordinary happens when a unique maximal life is embraced: the ordinary experiences take on a new dynamic. The simple things become as amazing as the extravagant. It all comes full circle.

Living maximally takes effort to find and cultivate, but living is worth the work.

Mathematically...

If K(kayaking)=20 and D(drinking at the bar all night)=2 and E=effort (10), then...
KxE=20x10= a return of 200.
DxE=2x10= a retrn of 20.
Clearly the return of 200 at an expenditure of 20 is far better than a return of 20.
The K in this example is maximal.

Great adventures are not limited to the example of kayaking that is presented here. There are millions of extraordinary experiences to be had. There are unlimited resources for learning and self-enhancement. It is impossible to be bored and easy to live maximally when the value is realized.

I am trying every day to live maximally. I do this by the encouragement of others, and I encourage others to do the same, and to encourage the world around them.

(The purpose of this article is not to condemn drinking, but to use it as an example of an ordinary activity that most people engage in out of boredom and availability).