00:00:26.000Surprise flex. It's the most potent and glorious of flexes. Comment below if I got you.
00:00:35.000So anyway, long time since I surprised you all with a surprise flex.
00:00:40.000Either way, this is my traditional birthday video that I make every year since time immemorial.
00:00:47.000Now that I'm a venerable ancient, I've come to bestow some enlightenment upon you.
00:00:54.000First and foremost, new releases at Legio Gloria, including this fine stringer.
00:01:01.000The t-shirt, of course, is the main garment.
00:01:03.000Absolutely aesthetic, organic cotton, made in Poland. Proudly made in Poland, I should say.
00:01:10.000Check it out, first link in the description box below.
00:01:13.000Now, I thought to mention something, and that is, if you read my book reviews, you are the very best person possible.
00:01:23.000If you don't always read all of my articles, what can I say?
00:01:28.000You must redeem yourself, you must fast for 40 hours in penance of this heinous crime, and then you need to read the book reviews I have up at the moment.
00:01:41.000They're quite informative, if I may be so bold, and if you take the time to read them, I'm sure you will agree.
00:01:47.000So, that being said, I thought to talk a bit about getting older, as it were.
00:01:54.000I thought to just answer a question, and that is, if I feel indifferent now when I am 3200 years.
00:02:04.000I'm an immortal elf, you see, if I feel indifferent from when I was 22.
00:02:10.000And I can honestly say that I do feel better in basically every way now, at least, you know, biologically, physically speaking.
00:02:19.000If I were to say something that is not as good, perhaps, is that you get a bit less naive with the years, especially if you've taken the path I've taken.
00:02:32.000And becoming less naive is, of course, not something necessarily bad, but I've talked about all of this before.
00:02:40.000I've, in recent videos and in podcasts, episode number 3, I talk quite a bit about it, so I won't go into detail here, and I won't make this into something that focuses on the negative.
00:02:53.000But yeah, with age, you will also have a, you will gain a deeper understanding of humans based on experience with people.
00:03:02.000Now, to balance this negative view, I can also say that I've gained a deeper love for certain people also, who have been supportive of me.
00:03:11.000Now, speaking in purely physical terms, I've trained quite hard the last 10 years or so, I've never been injured, and I haven't been, you know, taking it easy, so to speak.
00:03:22.000I haven't been particularly careful with my body in regard to gym, strongman, MMA, etc.
00:03:29.000But main point here is that invest in your physical toughness, and you will gain from it.
00:03:38.000I've talked a bit about Warhammer in posts, on social media, and also in my podcast, and I thought to give a good example here on the, at least how it used to be back in the day.
00:03:47.000Back in the day, you had characteristics for each model, and toughness was one such characteristic.
00:03:55.000You could have an orc, for example, and he had a high level of toughness, which meant that he wasn't particularly, he wasn't better at fighting, or he wasn't necessarily stronger, but he was tougher, which meant that he could withstand more punishment.
00:04:10.000And I've always kept this in mind, so that when you train your body, you will be able to be healthier, especially if you sit down a lot.
00:04:20.000Maybe it's not the best metaphor, I have no idea, but I thought it would be fun to mention, at least, the orcs and dwarves being really tough can withstand more punishment.
00:04:31.000Same thing if we're talking about the mind, the, shall we say, more stoic your mind, the better capacity you have for dealing with negative things, the better, the more punishment from life you can take, so to speak.
00:04:47.000So, what I envision it as, you know, if I meditate upon life itself, I view it as a relentless slugfest, life itself gets in a few hits on you, then you just have to brace yourself, take it on the chin, and then try to hit back even harder.
00:05:02.000Now, that was a bit of a tangent, talking about your mental well-being, etc., but, you know, your physical and mental well-being, they are closely connected, because mind and body are one.
00:05:12.500Now, I thought to mention something as well in regard to, again, the purely biological aspect.
00:05:19.500Now, I haven't been sick in a very long time.
00:05:22.500Ten years ago, I used to be sick more often.
00:05:25.500I'm talking about man-colds, etc., and I will credit my beloved wife for taking so well care of me.
00:05:32.500She cooks very good food, and, of course, the food is, to a very large extent, responsible for how well your immune system works, and how well you feel, how well you can perform mentally and physically.
00:05:46.500Now, I can't really compare myself when I was 22 to where I am at now, because, you know, the male brain, at least, it doesn't stop developing until you're 25 or something like that.
00:05:57.500But I would say that I am extremely much sharper now than I was ten years ago, so when I meditate upon it, I sometimes think it would be fun to go back and redo my studies just to do it again, but with a much sharper mind.
00:06:12.500Now, of course, I reserve my mental sharpness to writing books and developing products, etc.
00:06:22.500And, of course, I need to perform physically as well, but, again, they go hand in hand.
00:06:27.500I noticed that when I perform well in the gym, I do also perform well in matters of the mind, so to speak.
00:06:35.500So, anyway, I just thought to check in saying that, so if you're worried about getting one year older for whatever reason, just realize that things can also be a lot better than they were.
00:06:46.500So, as long as you continuously improve yourself, as long as you take care of yourself, try to get a bit stronger, try to gain more experience, try to read more, enlighten yourself, etc., things will be better.
00:07:00.500So, that being said, I initially thought about making a wild hunt challenge video, but I will save it for tomorrow or in a few days.
00:07:08.500We'll see when I will make it, but it will be good, as always. Always nice to see wild hunt challenges.
00:07:14.500And, speaking of Physique Friday, thank you to everyone who posted Physique yesterday on Gab.
00:07:21.500Always warms my heart to see. Very white-pilling, if anything.
00:07:26.500So, anyway, that all being said, thank you for watching, and thank you for all of your well wishes.
00:07:33.500It warms my heart, and, yeah, now I will cake-max. Thank you all for watching, and thank you for your support.