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Every day is a vacation

·2 mins
Personal

I think a lot of people would love to live their life as if they are on a permanent vacation. Before I was married, I didn’t make a lot of money but felt like every day was a vacation.

For me, vacation means:

  1. Eating out/not cooking
  2. Not cleaning
  3. Spending time outside
  4. Not working
  5. Ready to travel

Eating out is cheaper than cooking, if you are not picky. I ate mostly fast food. Of course, it is not healthy but it is vacation. Also it is still better than overeating home-cooked meals.

Cleaning is easy if you live in a small place, don’t own too many things, and not cook in your place.

And cleaning becomes even easier when you don’t spend a lot of time inside your home. I would rather sit in coffeeshop than watch TV on my couch.

Not working is hard but it helps when you do something that you enjoy. Programming and technology are fun for me.

Ready to travel just meant that I was a minimalist. As a minimalist, whenever I wanted to buy something, I would ask myself, “if I was on a real vacation, would I bring this thing with me?”

So other than TV and Playstation, I could pretty much put everything I owned in a carry-on suitcase.

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Heroes

·2 mins
Career Personal
Follow up to my last post, the people I admire the most are usually startup founders or business people. And then creators of open source software. This weekend, I also met my engineer turned entrepreneur friend and saw Jobs movie. It seems I know what I should do. I want a business that gives a lot of freedom, especially freedom to be with my kids. If I can involve kids in the business, it would be even better. Would love low stress business but it is not a requirement.

What you should do with your life

·1 min
Personal
“What should you do with your life?” This is the question I almost ask myself daily. I am still not sure what my long-term goals should be. I have gone back and forth between pursuing my hobbies as a career, focusing on corporate career, and starting businesses. Recently, I learned a simple question that can provide you insights into your deeper aspirations. The question is: Who are your heroes? # Ask yourself who are your heroes, who do you feel inspired by, who do you read about, and who were your heroes when you were a child.

Why Midlife Crisis?

·1 min
Personal
I am not sure if women experience midlife crisis but I know several men who have experienced or are still in the middle of a midlife crisis. I have a theory that every 20 years, men need a big change. Usually, there is a big change in 20s, people are moving out of their parents’ homes, going to college or starting their careers. And when people turn 60, they are getting ready to retire. Downsize their homes.