Met with Andrew Huberman

The opportunity came up to go see Andrew Huberman right before he became mega famous.

I had been following his stuff for a while cause I’m a psycho and alls I absorb it self improvement stuff and this shits like crack to me.

I went there originally to try to see if I could meet someone that could help me discover what to do about the pain and tattoos. Most people who told me what they do were Drs and they typically used procedures and stuff beyond my legal means to numb an area.

What I did not expect though is what I learned in attending the speaking session is that experiencing pain is actually a positive benefit. That dopamine will create a sort of balance in the system, and the sheer effect of experiencing pain will actually pay off later afterwards as the body responds to the negative stimulus with positive internal regulation.

So long story short, the pain is actually good for you. And probably one of the best ways to experience pain in a controlled environment in a repeatable, reliable way that’s safe.

Portland was also an amazing city. Despite it having the repuation of being a liberal cesspool and obviously forcing mandatory tattoo school with insane regulations because of all those things the tattoo scene was extremely impressive.

Honestly it’s like the tattoo mecca out there. Everyone has tattoos, you’ll see front desk hotel staff with face tattoos. It’s quite the culture shock. If you can make it tattooing out there you can tattoo anywhere, almost everyone I met with out there was an extremely talented artist.

I was honestly quite blown away with how much talent was there.

Now is that because of the tattoo schools? I think it is just because they’ve created a career pipeline for people that so many people have done it and now it’s created an enormous amount of competition simply by the sheer numbers. The competition is real out there.

The downside is everyone’s a goddamn square about following the rules. I still prefer my blood, sweat and tears path that I carved out for myself in the tattoo biz.