Fighting is one of the most beautiful sports in the world, at least in my opinion. Not everybody agrees on this one but a lot of people also just don’t understand fighting. They see it as punchers sports. The reality is that fighting is a thinking man’s sport. Just think about it, you have 15- 25 minutes to figure another person out and they try to do the same. It’s like a high-speed game of chess but the consequences can just hurt a little more. It’s a lot of fun and it’s so peaceful inside of the ring. Here are some of the lessons that I learned through fighting.

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There is a saying that goes like “you either win or learn”. I agree with that one. You will learn a lot from losing a fight, probably more than you can even imagine. That doesn’t mean that it doesn’t suck though. On the 21st of February, I was sitting in the back of the stadium, devastated with a calf that was as big as my quad muscle. I was in a lot of pain as soon as my adrenaline levels dropped. Walking was not an option so eventually, they had to carry me outside the stadium and drive me to my place. The whole time I was wondering how I had been able to finish that fight. My leg blew up in the second round and I went the full 5 rounds. So there I was in my bed with a leg that I couldn’t move and a second loss on my record. Read More

What is loss aversion? “The loss aversion is a reflection of a general bias in human psychology (status quo bias) that make people resistant to change. So when we think about change we focus more on what we might lose rather than on what we might get” (source). This is the fastest way to unhappiness and mental health issues (heard from a friend). You’re focusing on avoiding negative emotions rather than seeking out the positive ones. a bit crazy right? Why would you focus on what you might lose instead of what you might gain? You should be aware of both but I would never focus on what I can lose. Then you just get paralysis by analysis.

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People who’re passive and indecisive never take the decisions they should in life. They treat life as a spectators sport and that’s why they see their whole life fly by before they know it. Some people are lucky and their life turns around but the majority will be forever unhappy. It’s pretty sad but it’s also reality. I remember a time when I was like that. I was going with the flow and followed what people told me to do. So I picked a course in college because people told me that I’d be a great fit for me. Sadly enough these people didn’t know me well. I was passive and indecisive until I turned 23. Everything changed after that including how I felt. Read More

There has been a lot of panic since the Corona outbreak but recently it got even worse. I live on a tropical island as you may or may not know and life was normal here while the rest of the world was going insane. People weren’t worried at all about the virus here and Thailand seemed to do fine. They did fine until they suddenly took measures and started to close gyms all over Thailand. People started panicking and some of them left earlier than planned, others canceled their return to the island and went home. The few that stayed were doing fine until they announced a lockdown. Well, that was the rumor, nothing was set in stone yet. The real news was that they were going to announce something at 2 in the afternoon on a Thursday. People didn’t seem to get that and assumed the whole island was going to get shut down. So people left the very last minute. A day later a half curfew got announced. Nobody knows when it ends or starts but it should start between 6 and 8 at night and stop between 6 and 8 in the morning. Life just goes on as normal here.

Now some people may think this makes sense but it doesn’t. People have made some decisions that they regretted later on based on panic. They went home and quickly realized that it was better to do the opposite of what they did. Other people have died because they couldn’t get a hold of their emotions.

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There are truths about life that nobody wants to hear but you will have to face at one point in life. The sooner you realize these things the better since they will improve the quality of your life drastically. There will be more truths that I forgot but you can always use Google to find out more of them or add them in the comment section. Don’t forget that I’m only 27. You can’t expect a blueprint of life here because just like everybody else I don’t have one. These are the truth that I figured out over time just by living life. Read More

I once a blog wrote a blog and inserted the following quote “effort is what it takes, for God’s sakes”. I still stand by this since life is all about the little things. This is something that most people don’t seem to understand. Most people are treating everything they do like a sprint rather than a marathon. They put in a great effort and then they get comfortable which is the beginning of the decline of whatever they’ve invested in. This can apply to everything: career, friendship, relationship, sports,… This attitude makes sure that a lot of times they either quit, are forced to quit, or do enough to get by but not enough to improve. I don’t understand these people to be honest. I don’t want to either. Relating to lazy people isn’t something that I want to be able to do. They never see the beauty of daily effort. To them, it’s just a burden all along and that mindset will hurt them in the long. Let’s take a look at the beauty of daily effort.

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When you complain, you create unnecessary pain. I remember my last fight vividly and it is exactly one month ago.  My game plan was simple, figure him out and take him out in the third. Everything went according to plan until my calf got hit in the second round. I didn’t feel pain back then but I remember sitting down after the second round and looking at my left leg. My calf was almost as big as my upper leg. There was no time for panic, I just needed to adjust to this because I couldn’t kick, block or even put a lot of pressure on that leg. The bell rang and I just went after it in the third round, sometimes even kicking with that leg. Adrenaline is one hell of a drug.

I lost the fight on points after 5 rounds and was devasted because I know I could have won that fight. They had to carry me outside of the stadium, bring me home and I had to ask a housemate to turn off the light in my room because I couldn’t walk. I would walk for 2 weeks with an old man’s stick to make sure that the swelling would go down. It hurt pretty badly for about a week and a half. Do you know how much I complained during that whole period? The answer is zero because there’s just no point in doing it.

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