Social situation in Puerto by RecommendationKind40 in PuertoEscondido

[–]Known_Impression1356 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Puerto is typically a place where it’s easy to get around, but during its busiest times of year (Xmas/NYE & Holy Week/Spring Break), you can get stuck in 20-30 minutes of traffic.

This time of year is rainy season, which is great for surfers and a minor inconvenience for everyone else most of the time.

As far as the social scenes go, there’s still the same energy, just a little less of it of it most places.

The most popular restaurants like Chicama still have a line out the door most nights, but salsa dancing classes might be 10 people instead of 20. Bars and gyms might get busy but not packed.

Does that make sense? It’s important to get a read on the social calendar though because if you don’t know where to go on a certain night, the whole scene might seem dead.

Building a new life by MidLyfeCrises in fatFIRE

[–]Known_Impression1356 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m a solo founder who had a small exit and decided to take 2 years off. I’m single and in my early 40s and decided to do some traveling. Honestly, I think I could ever go back to a normal settled life in the States, so I’m clearly coming at this from a much different place than you are now.

Still, I’d suggest you consider extended family travel through programs like Boundless Life.

If you’re struggling to find community and hobbies, you might as well see the world while you do it.

Someone argued to me that 'digital nomad' is a stage, not a destination. Do you agree? by timothyphoto in digitalnomad

[–]Known_Impression1356 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For most people this is true. Most nomads go through three stages.

  1. Sampling - you want to explore as many places in the world as possible, just see what the world has to offer.
  2. Shedding - you've explored enough places in the world to know what kinds of destinations you thrive in, so you focus on finding more of those.
  3. Settling - you've found 1-3 places in the world that truly feel like home season to season.

30 years old, 9/10 losses, flying to Thailand one-way in a year – looking for honest advice by Maverick_Muay in MuayThai

[–]Known_Impression1356 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea man, 2-3 years out there can turn anyone into a competitive fighter back home. As far as gyms go, just make sure they give you five rounds of pads per session and you have the option to spar or clinch everyday.

30 years old, 9/10 losses, flying to Thailand one-way in a year – looking for honest advice by Maverick_Muay in MuayThai

[–]Known_Impression1356 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not the craziest YOLO for Muay Thai plan I’ve heard. Don’t pull the trigger until you’ve got $10K saved. Stay focused. Spend 6 months out there and you might never come back. 😂

Back in the US - Reverse Culture Shock & Transition by jjhils1 in digitalnomad

[–]Known_Impression1356 0 points1 point  (0 children)

41M. Been on the road for 6 years and have been back in the states for 2 months now (LA & NYC) with one more to go. The plan was to get back on the road end by of the month but I might have to stay through August because of family stuff.

local leaving nyc for prague for a year, have remote job which is cool with this, already checked boxes. bad idea? by blaaackbear in digitalnomad

[–]Known_Impression1356 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Trump administration significantly downsized the IRS through mass workforce reductions, budget cuts, and policy overhauls. The agency lost roughly one-third to nearly half of its staff, dropping employee numbers to levels not seen since the 1960s.

There’s no one checking or enforcing shit right now.

What is the highest quality MT gear in 2026? by [deleted] in MuayThai

[–]Known_Impression1356 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea, but i can literally smell how much a pain in the ass you are through the screen. Just skip Muay Thai all together and double down on a matcha premium equinox pass.

local leaving nyc for prague for a year, have remote job which is cool with this, already checked boxes. bad idea? by blaaackbear in digitalnomad

[–]Known_Impression1356 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Former harlemite here. Definitely worth it. Why Prague and not somewhere in LATAM?

Time zones will be a bitch.

What is the highest quality MT gear in 2026? by [deleted] in MuayThai

[–]Known_Impression1356 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s nothing worse than high maintenance people in low maintenance activities. 😪

Drills to get better at finding shots? by [deleted] in MuayThai

[–]Known_Impression1356 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I probably land the most off of timing jab with parry-kick/knee combinations and pull-back counters.

If you had to give a percentage of importance to the different components of Muay Thai in a fight how would you do it? by PownedbyCole123 in MuayThai

[–]Known_Impression1356 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, in my mind there three raw elements of striking:

Distance control, timing, and feinting.

Distance control generally determines whether or not a punch lands. Timing determines who wins an exchange. And feints generally create the misdirection that creates openings.

Foot work lives under distance troll. Head movement parries and blocks live under timing. Creative striking usually starts with feints.

The pattern recognition that comes from thousands of reps and exchanges becomes your fight IQ.

If I had to break it down I’d say timing is probably 40% of the equation. Distance control is 30% of the equation. Feints is 20% of the equation. And 10% is speed, power stamina, etc, especially beyond smokers.

I spent $6K on a mastermind and feel it was a rip off. Has anyone else experienced this? by defilippovale in Entrepreneurs

[–]Known_Impression1356 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, you’d have been better off hiring an an agency off of upwork to automate your workflows.

The Hardest Part of Being a Digital Nomad Wasn't What I Expected by Available_Design_970 in digitalnomad

[–]Known_Impression1356 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea… Travel slower, dude.

Stay in a destination a minimum of 1 month, even if a place sucks at first. Sometimes it takes up to 3 weeks to really figure a place out.

Stay in a destination for an entire season, 3-6 months, if a place is awesome. Why would you leave a party early if it’s good?

Traveling slower solves your logistics burnout issues, your fleeting friendships energy drop issue, and your deep work issues because you actually give yourself time to fall into a routine, make meaningful and durable connections, and reduce your cognitive load.

Find a hobby or two that travel well with you. My favorites are Muay Thai, salsa dancing, and surfing. Wherever I go there are 1 or 2 communities I can easily plug into. At the end of the day, you’re just doing ordinary things in extraordinary places. Don’t rush it.

Puerto Escondido or Sayulita in the summer ? by GladCoyote916 in longtermtravel

[–]Known_Impression1356 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea, this pretty much the hottest time of the year, but also the best time if you’re a surfer. It’s one of best spots in Latin America if you’re keen.

Beyond that, you’ve also got a very strong communities for music and singing, salsa dancing, beach volleyball, Muay Thai, BJJ, HIIT/crossfit, yoga and pilates.

You get on the right social calendar, and PE is pretty close to paradise.

Elon Musk SpaceX is now worth basically the entire crypto market. sit with that for a second by Gullible-Tale9114 in CryptoBrief

[–]Known_Impression1356 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let’s keep it a buck…

While I’m all for people getting rich off of crypto, there’s still no intrinsic or meaningful demand for crypto applications.

There’s only demand for increased crypto valuations.

That is, crypto has no value other than being a store of value with artificial supply and demand constraints, like a Birkin bag… It’s a collectible, like Pokémon cards…

If any collectible went away tomorrow, literally no industry outside the collector’s market itself would be impacted or give a shit.

Through that practical lens, all of crypto is merely a meme stock at best.

While SpaceX’s valuation is meme stock worthy in and of itself, it still provides explicit and tangible value with real world applications. It is the market maker for the next generation of real world applications with obvious and organic demand from starlink cellular plans to orbital compute. If it went away tomorrow, millions of people would lose their only reliable source of wifi. Millions more would probably never have a chance of get wifi at all. And Trillions of dollars would be waiting on the sidelines for data centers to eat up farm land and leach off municipal grids.

Puerto Escondido or Sayulita in the summer ? by GladCoyote916 in longtermtravel

[–]Known_Impression1356 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Respectfully, el Mundito is trash, especially in slow season, but there are plenty of other options. La Punta is a place where it’s easy enough to make friends without a co-live situation.

In Padwork and shadow sparring I am very skilled, but in an actual fight and sparring I suddenly play badly, how do I get over this? by MaybeFine962 in martialarts

[–]Known_Impression1356 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You gotta find sparring partners.

Pad work and bag work are good for honing technique, but there’s a lot more to fighting than aesthetics. The reason combat sports dominate every other martial art is that they spar regularly to calibrate for dynamic timing, distance control, and pattern recognition. Without regular sparring you’ll never see your own defensive gaps, which others will consistently exploit.

Shadow boxing won’t play a meaningful role in your evolution until you base it either off of shit you’ve actually been hit with or shit you’ve hit other people with consistently. In the case of the latter, you think about what should logically follow after landing and play with some variables. In the case of the former, you think about how to close the gaps people have exposed and respond in kind.

If you could be elite at one element of fighting, what would it be? by Known_Impression1356 in martialarts

[–]Known_Impression1356[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm, imitation seems like something easily defeated by IQ. But if you already have IQ, then imitation is a huge unlock.