This is a question I asked my friend earlier this morning. He shared with me over voice notes how he’s finding it overwhelming to look after all his priorities in life, namely his romantic relationship, his health, his career, and now his side hustle. A lot of people relate to the feeling that there are…

This has become my mantra for the past two years. I’ve used it when figuring out how much income we’re able and willing to forego to have extended time off with our first child when she was born. I’ve used it when figuring out how much we’re willing to spend on a house without sacrificing…

I was casually surfing YouTube last night, hitting command+T on a bunch of thumbnails in the sidebar. One of them was this video, where Warren Buffett says this about Charlie Munger: Charlie always thought I did too many things. He thought if we did about five things in our lifetime, we’d end up doing better…

I remember about a year ago, making a huge effort to carve out the time and sapce to attend a one-day silent Vipassana course in my city. It was a whole coordinated thing as a household since my daughter was just a few months old, and I didn’t wanna bail on my wife. I went…

I see that people who are complacent seem to lie to themselves. In other words, they find excuses, and then delude themselves in believing that the excuse is true. An example of a usual thought process: What we hear from others: “I love my job!” Which comes from: “I don’t like what I do for…

Last night I found out my old blog was dead as I tried to bring back to life my blog that I was using for the past 5 years. My energy levels are fragile these days, which I am tempted to justify but will refrain from. So naturally my mind jumped to thinking about all…