Fast Track

These couple of months have been absolutely priceless. I'd say that it was a period of jam-packed yet fun-filled experience that I truly adore every minute of. If someone were to tell me that I'd be in such a happy place at the start of this year, I probably wouldn't have believed them. Remember, things DO get better and every bad predicament is merely a phase!

I've been reading up on self-help books focusing on self-worth and happiness these days and found them really enriching. Reading them made me realise that a lot of tough situations and predicaments in life can be easily tide over just by shifting your own perspective about 'em.

Recently I've been stressing over how little I make, how little I'd have left after I return my college loans at the end of this year and also whether I should invest in a savings insurance plan et cetera only to realise that life isn't always about money. I've chanced upon this chapter titled "How does a teacher or retail assistant manager make more money than a Harvard MBA?" and thought I should share how amazing this reading is:

"The way to make more money than a Harvard MBA isn't to get your annual salary over $120,000. It's to measure how much you make per hour and overvalue you so you're spending time working only on things you enjoy." Obviously who doesn't want to live in a loft with an amazing city landscape view and drive around in the comfiest Ferrari with leather seats decked in LV from head to toe? But at the end of the day, is it really worth it to have all your time tied up with work? What's the point of living in an amazing loft if you only spend time sleeping in it for <5hrs every night? What's the point of having the fastest car when you barely drive your family to places due to constant last-minute meetings and work trips? Or the point of wearing designer clothes just to impress people you don't even like?

I'm still trying to learn how to be grateful and live for the little things in everyday life. Little things like:

• Having people who care for your well-being (emotionally and physically)

• I'm surrounded by positive beams of supportive family and friends

• I'm healthy and fit

I guess it's pretty much a trait of us humans to focus on self-doubts and dwell on negativity in life. It's fine once in awhile to think about what you don't have but you should almost always be grateful about what you already have in your life. Unrealistically chasing things that you don't already have will cause you to miss out on a bunch of little things in the present - Warm meals cooked by your mom, Casual meet-ups with your closest friends, Alone-me-time to focus on your well being, Waking up to the warm sun shining on your face, Lounging by the poolside of your short getaway et cetera. It's the little things now that you look back on someday and realise that they're the biggest, most important takeaways.

xoxo,

Wendy