Sorry for the late reply, it’s been a hectic week.
Yes, I think EmpD has added an ease and kindness to ASBR. ASBR was very focused, made me resilient, much more serious than I had been. EmpD takes all of that, but also humanizes me in many ways. Which has been very interesting for me as a whole. I would say the qualities that EmpD creates is like a nice balancing effect.
And the quality of life effect is definitely EmpD. I was always ready to hustle hard and move, but EmpD slowed me down a few steps and forced me to think things through a bit more. I also realize that I sometimes make defensive statements that I don’t need to, and caught myself a few times. I even apologized to the person I was speaking with saying that I came off smug. And I don’t see that as a weakness, if anything, that’s true strength. You don’t need to verbally prove your own worth, how you carry yourself and valuing your own self worth is beyond what anyone else can ascribe you.
It’s the whole point of running subs in the first place, which is you make the changes internally and it will be reflected externally.
Now, granted, not everyone is going to like the new you and there is definitely a period of an in-between state that I find myself in. Some days are great, other days I question things - typical recon. But, nothing that a good nights sleep doesn’t solve for.
I’ve always loved Khan, but Khan gave me a lot of edge. I am thinking next cycle I might cycle Khan Stage 4 back in and try it with EmpD and my ASBR|Mogul custom. With all of the ups and downs associated with a stack like that. If I do, I might keep a journal on the forum detailing my experiences. I was going to do that with my ASBR|Mogul custom that @Malkuth was incredibly valuable with assisting me in the creation, even when I went a little nuts with the synergy modules, but here I am, almost 6 months later still running it, so it worked out well in the end.
If you’re interested in swapping your experiences with ASBR, happy to take it to PM.