(Read this out loud, pump your fist, and LET’S GO!)
1. TURN YOUR BODY INTO A POWER PLANT
- Sleep like a champion (8-plus hours—no excuses).
- Meat, sunlight, heavy weights. Build muscle, build mood.
- When your heart is thumping and sweat drips into your eyes, that’s the sound of pure joy being forged.
Strong body ⇒ strong mind ⇒ strong photos ⇒ strong life.
2. CREATE EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.
- Don’t wait for “inspiration.” Make inspiration show up by sitting your butt down and MAKING SOMETHING.
- Write a paragraph. Snap a frame. Record a riff on GarageBand. Publish it before lunch.
- Remember: Quantity is the mother of Quality. Ship ugly; iterate tomorrow.
3. BE INSANELY BOLD
- Dream so huge it makes “reasonable” people squirm.
- Ask the stranger for a portrait. Apply for the gig you “aren’t ready” for.
- Worst-case? You fail and get a spicy story. Best-case? You LEVEL UP.
- Regret is the only real failure.
4. INNOVATE > HAPPINESS
- Happiness is ROCKET FUEL, not the moon.
- Use that fuel to dent the universe: write the book, launch the startup, raise the kid, whatever screams inside your chest.
- Feel the mood dip? Perfect—lift heavier, walk farther, write louder. Repeat.
5. SUBTRACT THE NEGATIVE (VIA NEGATIVA)
- Sell the gadgets collecting dust.
- Pay someone to do the tasks you hate (cleaning, taxes, IKEA furniture).
- Unfollow the people who drain you.
- Freedom isn’t owning more—it’s carrying less.
6. DESIRE THE LIFE YOU ALREADY HAVE
- Look around: earlier-you prayed for this stuff.
- Gratitude is a superpower—hit one rep of “THANK YOU” every morning.
- When envy knocks, answer with “I’d still choose my story.”
7. COMMUNITY = COMPOUND JOY
- Teach a newbie, hype a friend’s project, host a photo walk.
- Energy shared is energy squared.
- Even introverts (hi, that’s me) thrive on purposeful connection.
8. KEEP PLAYING, KEEP LEARNING
- New lens? Try it. New dance move? Flail proudly. New country? Buy the ticket.
- Child-mind = wonder-mind = happy-mind.
- Stagnation is death; experimentation is life.
9. LEGACY MODE: ON
- Blog, vlog, scribble, sculpt—leave digital fossils for future aliens to study.
- Your art outlives your heartbeat.
- No one remembers perfect; they remember REAL, RAW, YOU.
10. SHOUT YOUR VICTORY CRY
Right now, pound your chest (lightly if you’re in a café) and say:
“I CHOOSE BOLD LIVING. I CHOOSE CREATION. I CHOOSE HAPPINESS AS POWER-OVERFLOWING!”
Now close this tab and go make something epic.
INNOVATE ON!