Category: musings

I admire people who are articulate with what they want out of life. They are sure about who they are. They make choices according to what they think and feel is right. Slowly but surely I want to find that clarity.

I am now experimenting with packaging design. I had to learn about CMYK and Pantone instead of RGB. I absolutely had no clue that digital and print have different color system! So in order to print your designs, you have to convert RGB to CMYK/Pantone so that it comes out as you envisioned it. And…

I am pretty disciplined now when it comes to my diet. I eat very clean. But back then, I ate a lot of junk food – chips, donuts, pizza, ice cream. It was usually a cycle. I vow not to eat junk food, then all of a sudden the cravings kicks in, and I down…

I now see that a lot of my problems are actually non-problems! Now, whenever a problem comes up, I simply ask myself, “what’s the worst thing that could happen?” 99% of the time, the worst won’t happen. So why worry?

I am quite good at avoiding the news, but sometimes when I am on YouTube or X, the news sucks me in. It is always never a good idea! I always get anxious right after. And being an overthinker, I tend to dwell on the negativity. I will make it a point to avoid reading…

In my younger years, I had the ambition to chase money. But I also had the longing to travel and learn more about the world. So I chose to travel! In hindsight, I am so glad that I explored life in my 20’s rather than chase money. I know of financially wealthy people who are…

I had a phase in 2018 and 2019 where I had a goal of reading at least 50 books. I read 50 in 2018 and 35 in 2019. I thought that the more books I read, the better thinker I become. Well, I was indeed a better thinker right after reading the book, but I…

I am a skeptic. The works of Nassim Taleb and Karl Popper has been tattooed in my worldview. Yes Nassim, finding a black swan will invalidate the theory that all swans are white. Karl, I understand that science should attempt to disprove a theory rather than finding ways to continually prove it. Countless times in…

Indifference Curve. Isocost. Isoquant. If you’ve taken Microeconomics in uni and you feel the dread, I feel you. I was very interested in economic theory and consumer behavior but once my professor threw me those indifference curves, I was done ya’ll. No chance. Too much complexity and graphs to what I think could be explained…

I had an interesting conversation with my tennis partner this morning. He is in his early 20’s and still trying to figure out his career path. As his ultimate goal is financial freedom, I told him the concept of leverage. Two things I have learned from our conversation. First, I have a difficult time expressing…