Okay, I’ve decided for this blog – I’m going to try to post frequently to keep up the traction! Some of the posts will be just me talking about my life [like this one :>] and others will be about my thoughts on certain topics[a little bit of that here today too]! To all the haters [that don’t exist yet probably], go away!!! So it’s 4:53 AM. Didn’t blog yesterday because I fell asleep at 6:30pm…. not that it’s mandatory to blog everyday but I just like bringing new content to this site! Decided to get out of the house since I thought Starbucks opens but it opens 1 hr later on weekends. Which seems to work out, I’m having the time of my life at Carls Jr right now for the first time in years! Yesterday, I read Growth Hacker Marketing by Ryan Holiday[so short so good] and I want to get to that later as well but first back to the daily practice!

Today I want to gloss over my physical goals. As of now, I’m more focused towards staying active and energized over the goal of achieving certain results and want to keep this segment of my life just fun. My current approach to this is to continuously mix up the physical activities and keep it spontaneous. And soon, I’ll just list the activities that I do later – I have a different goal in mind today.

What I want to introduce to you guys is the concept of Hot Yoga [especially to the guys!]. Honestly, I don’t want to sound too over-the-top here but being loaded with a relatively fulfilling schedule(trying to stay positive here) – it’s hard to pull yourself to exert an explosive amount of energy when the evening hits. i.e.: treadmill/gym/sports w/ friends/etc.  Hot Yoga brings me two purposes every session: mental relaxation/clarity and physical satisfaction. No matter the practice, I guarantee you will be drenched in sweat and purified of a significant amount of toxins throughout your body when you spend an hour in that blazing hot room![exaggerating a little…] I started off a complete beginner [and still am] but the concept of a personal group instructor is very motivating in comparison to me personally.  Also, the amount of acceptance and gratefulness at the core of yoga really encourages you throughout the session! Okay, well anyways if you want to know more about this topic than just google around to see if there’s a facility near you! This really helped my work-life balance as I used to always feel really stiff in the neck/shoulders and now my blood circulation has really improved as a result! Oh, one con is that it’s slightly expensive[at least for me]: it’s ~$10/session or about $180/month at my location. YMYV though!

++Shallow Corner (GUYS!) – added bonus! if you want to see skimpy-clothed females…. that are actually in shape [flexible, nimble, toned]. It’s here, not the beach :). Maybe 8:2 ratio or so at my location[F->M]~

So just to wrap this section up, the rest of the activities I like to participate in are Ping Pong[loveeeee this sport]. It’s actually pretty hard, check out [ihttp://bit.ly/1csvuVh] if you don’t believe me! Also the treadmill + gym is good, considering running outside [goal is maybe ~2miles right now, barely making it to 1mi right now]. That’s about it! Despite all the hype I gave Hot Yoga, I’m only planning to do it 2-3 times a week. I find myself a bit unable to be too repetitive and there’s no reason to force myself to be!

Ok so, Growth Hacker Marketing. The biggest point I learned in this book is that transparency is everything. It’s so easy and intuitive to live in honesty and accept “constructive criticism” in the modern era. This book is only ~50 pages? I read on the kindle so I’m not sure but it’s almost mind-blowing how you can wake up early, finish reading this extremely motivational book and finish exercising/showering before most of your peers even wake up! The transparency i described earlier is to find the PMF[Product Market Fit] for your product through the continuous exposure towards social media, [perhaps your blog or friends] to receive feedback! It’s such a simple step but so often do people go into their own little hole and expect their completed work to be a hit! Holiday talks about this from books to launched products, but even I can think of basic examples such as studying. Often kids study by themselves and wonder why they perform subpar on the tests. It’s good to study yourself [up to a certain degree -> almost like how it’s important to have a THOUGHTFUL product before asking for criticism] and then you can work with others or even the professor if you really find all your peers inferior! Another key concept is it’s all about customer retention more-so than publicity. The latter is also important, but caring about those key people that are already your customers and delivering will build a solid foundation to get your product exponentially multiplying in the future! [paraphrasing Altucher: your current customer is your best/future customer!] This is getting a bit windy, so check out the book if you’re interested – it’s $2.99 on kindle! [http://amzn.to/Ko3Pva]