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A space to create freely, try new things, share what I learn, and maybe, hopefully, make a living doing it.
I got a job! It’s going to be working at a bike rental shop fixing and renting out bikes. Generally, I will be interacting with people and teaching them the joy of mountain biking every day. Sounds like a good vibe, and my fellow co-workers will definitely be spunky and energetic people. Obviously, this isn’t going to pay me as much money as working in big tech did, but that’s okay. If I wanted money, I would be doing that. I remember talking about building a life you don’t want to escape from in Heroin in Vietnam. While I was working for Amazon, I was obsessed with the idea of retirement. Optimizing and being as efficient with my money as possible to not have to work anymore. I’ve realized it’s a bit silly to do something you don’t like for the sole purpose of not having to do that thing anymore, but having more. I know that there is a constancy of work to life, and therefore even if I were to “escape” the corporate life, I would still have to do work every day. All of the money I made while holding a firehose of cash would probably just sit in an investment account for the rest of my life, and I could do what I wanted. I think, right now, I truly want to work at this bike shop.
It’s like an obsession that I can not get anything out of my head when I see it! It’s insane! My latest purchase was a gold macbook that I wanted for a long time, purchased, returned, then purchased again. I am truly insane. I love to be surrounded by technology and stuff in general, but then at times I look around and see that I have SO MUCH stuff….more than the average person. I am terrible with money and love shopping. I am truly a consumer.
Keywords: Parenting , Career , Emotions , Exhaustion , fighting , Foster , High School , Money , Parenting , Race , Teenagers
I miss making decisions based on whether I want to do something or have time for something and not on her work schedule and picking her up from school. I miss not planning weekly meal calendars. I miss my quiet home.
Keywords: Expat Life , Expat Parenting , Expat Work
Embrace work-life balance and eschew workaholism. Like I said above, my current role is very supportive in terms of work-life balance. Meanwhile, my new mom efficiency (gotta get as much done in 30min in case the nap is only that long!) means I’m able to get a lot done in a short amount of time daily. But my American workaholic brain is having a hard time letting go of the metric of “hours worked” as equivalent to productivity and success. This year, I want to work on rewiring that part of my brain.
My perspective changed when I learned that the lives of the rich and the poor are not equal because in this world even if the poor lives in the right way and does the right thing but he still does not become successful in life unlike the rich who have more and more wealth on the surface of the world but I know that they are rich here in this world but they are not rich above where those who are proud are forced to be lifted up and those who humble themselves are forced to be brought down.
I just realized that it’s Friday the 13th — what a fitting day for this post! 😀 [1]
While growing up, I learned some things that seem sort of out of vogue today. One such cornerstone of my learning experience was an opposition to anything that reeks of dictatorship or similar mob actions. Freedom was very much about intellectual freedom. I have written about this time and again (if you want to read more about this, check out some of the links on the homepage 😉 ).
In contrast, life today appears to me as if it were all about being in alignment with Big Brother. [2] Whether turning on the tube to watch, listen and follow the newspeak or turning to the Pope of the Internet [3] for guidance, or whatever, … it seems like everywhere modern men and women are in chains … chained to some sort of propaganda system or other that dictates their lives, right down to their thoughts. [4] The propaganda engines have been finely tuned and employ some of the most sophisticated technology available to mobsters everywhere all over the world (as we know it). [5]
The regular individual is a nobody.
In order to be a somebody, you need many millions of followers. VC money. Rapper jewels. A White House. Something with street cred.
Opinions don’t do shit. There ain’t no algorithms for ideas. Like Vinnie Barbarino used to say: “gimme clicks, gimme clicks, gimmie clicks, …”.
Vinny Barbarino (John Travolta): “Gimme …”
[1] I actually started writing this on Thursday. and at the time thought about (but decided against) including footnotes. Today I changed my mind — if you want to read the “original” text only, then just disregard these footnotes! 😉
Keywords: inspiration , life goals , lifestyle , business , corporate , corporatelife , enough , motivation
There is something exceptionally hilarious about corporate life. It’s a bubble of bullshit covered up by pleasantries and routine…kind of like Communism. Everybody shows up at their best game, pretending to give a shit about the company values and the goals the CEO set for the whole team, maybe freestyling the whole thing all day. Everybody engages in small talk and cracks a few jokes that are so dull you could just die inside. But the pay is good…
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After I save up a lot, I would want to continue my studies because that is my dream to graduate with a degree. Age doesn’t matter and it is okay to continue studying even though I am going to be old soon. Lastly, I would like to learn more about my religion and be a better Muslim, Insya Allah. I want to earn more for my family and if I have family in future, I will want my future kids to live with ease. Hopefully I will achieve my goals one day.
Keywords: Appreciation , fear of success , gratitude , mindfulness , business , goals , gratitude tude , Money Issues , self care , success
I have not much clue about what I want, beyond being warm and healthy enough. Having easy access to nature. Some friendly people to interact and share with. A partner who is loving and trustworthy would be a bonus. And maybe another dog.