Few Reflections

I am 41 this year February 2024. If I am lucky, I would have already lived about half of my lifespan.

Time to take some time to reflect and remind myself.

• There is no need to maximize your productivity for every single day, or second of time. Since young, we are taught live in this productivity maximizing society – must improve ourselves so that our market values are higher. Is there really a need do? Does it really matter truly to yourself or to your loved one? Or this actually cause unduly stress?
• Time Freedom is more valuable than anything. Ultimately this is the ultimate currency.
• Stop optimizing every single cents. There is no need to put every single cents of yours into every single high earning interest accounts if it caused you unduly stress.
• There is a time limit of everything. Last time (about 1-2 years ago) I could run around and play with my kids every single day without feeling tiring. Nowadays I can’t, after a while tired and headache.
• Leave the best time of your day to your best one, not the other way. At playground, I have seen many parents, including myself to try to spend our best energy and attention to play with our kids, but we can’t. We are tired, both physically and mentally after a day of working. We have spent the best time of each day to earn something call “fiat” that ultimately is created by human beings with higher powers and wealth.
• The older I get, I realized that the less I need. When I was younger, I want a car, I nice condo, travel, nice gadgets. Nowadays, I want just a peaceful few hour to walk in the park with my family without any worrying about work or any other matters in life.
• Most of the time, we are not present. Physically we can be there but our mind are not there. We are thinking of millions of things are this current moment of time except the current moment of time. We are taught since young to optimize our time.
• I don’t know how to rest and relax anymore. These few days I was asking my wives, last time how do I spent my time during school holidays when I was younger not working? Nowaday, even taking some breaks, I felt guilty or not productive and not making full use of my time. I also felt sense of losses, too much time and don’t know what to do. I no longer know how TO DO NOTHING. I believe many others. Kids can do it, young time me can do it, but now I can’t. I am and many others I believe are too used to work work work weekdays and then rest only weekends, filling every single moment of your time with things to do. Kids don’t need to fill their time, they can find own things to do. They simply play with leaves they found on roadside.