I suspect that I’m going to try out Emperor Black for my December cycle.
Prophetic, lol.
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SuperZP’s got me back into the gym, good sign.
All of my lifts are significantly down, but all it takes is a bit of muscle memory and Spartan magic and we’ll be better in no time.
Also fucked up my hand while cutting food in the kitchen, so 1) Muay Thai is on an extended hiatus until it heals up and 2) it’s affected my grip strength a bit, unfortunately.
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It’s funny, for most of my adult life I’ve been frustrated with my ability to live the lifestyle that I want, which is basically 24/7 monk mode.
As I see more posts here and on Youtube regarding monk mode, the more I’ve come to the realization that most people treat monk mode as a temporary phase targeted to goal accomplishment, versus an approach to everyday life.
My goal has always been consistent monk mode, but this goal failed to acknowledge the necessity of balance in life. The light and the dark are required, we were created to do both and we were created as flawed beings fundamentally.
Feels a little ‘Catholic’ ngl, but this idea makes sense to me. Gotta reflect a little further.
The love for yourself must outweigh your love for others.
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Cycle 1 of 10 is done on Wednesday. Things are looking good so far.
Not feeling very committed to exercise lately, but that’s all the more reason for me to commit further to working out. Haven’t trained Muay Thai in over a month, but definitely going to the gym regularly now. SuperZP may become expendable as a result, but I’m not ready to part ways with it yet; I need to maintain exercise discipline regardless of what is happening in my life.
Emperor is looking good so far, happy about that. Will run another few cycles before I switch to Emperor Black, which I suspect will begin with cycle 5.
Looking forward to starting QL stage 3 next week, stage 2 has truly been incredible so I’m excited to see stage 3 in action. Hoping that the upgrade to v2 happens soon, v2 is a gamechanger.
Starting a meditation routine, today is day 2 and after approx. 8 minutes of meditation I feel freaking great.
No wonder so many successful people swear by this shit. Heard a youtuber throw out a stat that something like 80-85% of multi-millionaires meditate on a daily basis, that says it all really.
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Just bought my fucking Muay Thai custom and I regret it, only because I haven’t been training Muay Thai at all.
Emperor makes me want to focus on ROI more than anything else, and MT is a huge time sink for me. 2 hour training sessions + 2 and a half commute time + preparing to go and settling when I get home suggests that I lose 5-6 hours in total on 1h30 min session of pure MT. Maths just don’t make sense for me to continue pursuing it at the moment.
I still want to exercise though, so the idea of beefing up my Spartan custom to have it focused on weight lifting interests me definitely.
Tentative list:
Cores:
Spartan
Paragon
Ascension Chamber
Modules:
- Heracles
- Carpe Diem Ascended
- Extreme Exercise Motivation
- Equilibrium
- Fusion Optimized
- Inner Gasoline
- SPS: Muscular System
- Eye of the Storm
- Deep Sleep
- Harmonic Singularity
- Master’s Coordination
- Serum X
- Inner Blaze
- Achilles
- SPS: Respiratory System
- Health Codex
- SPS: Cardiovascular System
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I want to make space for Formless Clarity and Victory’s Call. Will reflect further.
Formless Clarity is necessary, something will have to go for it. Maybe replace Inner Gasoline with it.
So I think my girlfriend and I just broke up…keep doing your thing Emperor 
Seriously though, I’ve gotta focus on myself and my own growth. Things happen, it is what it is, but I have to work harder to be satisfied with myself and what I’ve done with my life.
People will quit on you - you have to get up every day and make sure you don’t quit on yourself.
When you do it for yourself, there is no timeline.
When you do it for others’ approval, the timeline is always too close and right in your face.
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Past memories of infatuation lead to future fantasies.
Past memories of resentment lead to future fears.
Time is a construct of the mind. All that exists is the present.
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I’m wondering if WANTED would be a good addition instead of Paragon, and EF3 instead of Spartan. It would radically change the custom but I’m very open to the idea.
A fitness/WANTED sub would require a consistent breakdown of modules:
EF3/EF4/Spartan + 6 fitness modules
WANTED + 5 seduction modules
AsC + 6 boosters
6 fitness modules:
Health Codex
Serum X
SPS: Muscular System
Heracles
Extreme Exercise Motivation
Harmonic Singularity
6 boosters:
Fusion Optimized
Carpe Diem Ascended
Achilles
Eye of the Storm
Inner Gasoline
Apollon
5 seduction modules:
Gorgeous Manifestor
Temptation
Charisma/Flirting
More brainstorming to come.
Instant Spark and Earthshaker Sexuality look like some solid additions to the module list. Sphaera Magnetica looks good, but I think I prefer ESS more.
Also want to replace Temptation since it is covered by WANTED quite a bit. Seducer’s Gaze has also caught my eye, as well as Sensuality & Handsomeness Improver. Sexual Manifestation as well, for obvious reasons. Potentiator looks like a good booster, but doesn’t look like it’ll fit.
In the end, the goal of the WANTED modules in this custom are to create passive attraction as much as possible. With that idea in mind, the best modules to take would be:
Gorgeous Manifestor
Seducer’s Gaze
Earthshaker Sexuality
Instant Spark
Charisma/Flirting Mentor
SO, for the new tentative list:
EF3/EF4/Spartan (Leaning towards EF3, as Spartan has been a consistent disappointment for me)
6 fitness modules:
Health Codex
Serum X
SPS: Muscular System
Heracles
Extreme Exercise Motivation
Harmonic Singularity
AsC
6 boosters:
Fusion Optimized
Carpe Diem Ascended
Achilles
Eye of the Storm
Inner Gasoline
Potentiator (Apollon is already a staple of both EF3 and WANTED so)
WANTED
5 seduction modules:
Gorgeous Manifestor
Seducer’s Gaze
Earthshaker Sexuality
Instant Spark
Charisma/Flirting Mentor
Gotta reflect on this list now.
I have this strong urge to run Dragon Reborn but I know I shouldn’t. Smart idea would be to try Rebirth or Regeneration, and I’m leaning towards the latter.
Emperor freaking Black.
I feel like I need a new journal, though I must say that ‘Welcome to the Dark’ fits the theme regardless.
Running subs in ZP1 makes me feel like I’m trying to use fire to light up the house.
Absolutely primitive in comparison.
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Watched a Hamza video and came across an interesting thing he said.
Successful people tend to live in extremes. Periods of intense productivity followed by periods of intense leisure.
This is something I very much relate to. The problem is that my periods of leisure are significantly longer in duration and frequency, than my periods of productivity. That HAS to change for me to achieve the long term success I’m looking for.
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Grateful to be me.
Time to update my tentative plan, thanks to Emperor Black’s new insights.
Tentative plan:
November 21 - December 7:
Emperor Black, QL Stage 3, Regeneration
December 12 - December 28:
Emperor Black, QL Stage 3, DR St 1
January 2, 2023 - January 18:
Emperor Black, DR St 1, QL Stage 3
January 23 - February 8:
Emperor/EB, DR St 2, QL Stage 4
February 13 - March 1:
Emperor/EB, DR St 2, QL ST4
March 6 - March 22:
Emperor/EB, DR St 3, wildcard (either a QL stage (for extra development), EoG stage 1, or a custom)
March 27 - April 12:
HOM, DR St 3, wildcard
April 17 - May 3:
HOM, DR St 4, wildcard
May 8 - May 24:
HOM, DR St 4, wildcard
May 29 - June 14:
We’ll figure it out.
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Looks like DR fits perfect. Beginning of launch is around March, school ends by end of June, I think it’s a great setup.
Starting to slowly realize the recon that’s come with Regeneration in my stack. Now I’m wondering whether or not I should try out Dragon.
This is tough. My mental state has been weak now that I think about it, much weaker than usual. I’m wondering how I should go about this: how do I address my lack of discipline?
Healing?
Physical sub focused on mentality?
How do I go about this? I’m literally on the sub designed for productivity with Emperor Black, and yet here I am being confronted with my inability to maintain discipline.
Do I drop the healing and just use 2 subs (EmpB and QL)? Do I just power through with Regeneration, or should I try Rebirth instead? Or maybe I should just shut up and do Dragon, and see what happens.
Back to the beginning.
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