I loved watching Dragonball Z growing up as a kid. In fact, in preparing for this post, I rewatched a few quick episodes. For those of you who don’t know, Dragonball Z is a Japanese show that follows a tribe of superhuman that trains and fights aliens to protect the planet Earth.
When these superhuman are in training mode, they go to something called the hyperbolic time chamber (HTC). HTC is the ultimate training ground. One year in the HTC is one earth day. The temperature fluctuates from freezing cold to boiling heat. Most importantly, there is absolutely nothing else to do in these chambers but work on their technique and perfect their craft. As stated in the Dragonball Fandom guide “the seemingly endless white void can have a potentially maddening effect on a person’s mind.”
This COVID pandemic has created a new way of living and it’s difficult for everyone, almost “maddening” to be at home and away from our normal life. Shelter in place or quarantine, whatever you want to call it, is our hyperbolic time chamber. It’s a temporary period of life that presents the ultimate opportunity to train, grow, and become the best we can ever be.
These times are hard, it’s easy to give up and hope that everything goes back to normal. However, it’s in times like this that we should focus on training our minds and bodies to be the best. More importantly, show your family that this is the time reinvent yourself. I know its difficult with little kids especially newborns, but there’s always a way. Find it!
There’s never been a better time to start something new and change your life fundamentally.
- Get in the best shape of your life – do Insanity or P90x through the Beachbody on-demand app
- Read the books that you’ve always wanted to
- Start that side project
- Learn a new skill like how to code
- start a blog
- Cook brand new recipes
- Build new furniture
- rearrange your house
- clean out some of the old junk that you’ve been boarding for too long
- Start that company you’ve always wanted
- Everything is remote these days, move to a city you’ve always wanted to
Our own home has become our hyperbolic time chamber. This is the time to strive for our best self.
COVID will end, it’s a matter of time. This to shall pass…
source: https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Hyperbolic_Time_Chamber