時間和財務自由了,但卻迷失了: 我花了10年才找到自己
Summary
TLDRThe YouTuber shares insights on the misconceptions of financial and time freedom, emphasizing that true happiness lies beyond mere experiences. After quitting his job in 2014, he initially found himself working even harder, but later discovered the importance of 'reflective happiness' over 'experienced happiness.' Through various life chapters, including entrepreneurship, travel, content creation, and building a community, he explores the deeper meaning of life beyond material success, advocating for the pursuit of personal growth and meaningful connections.
Takeaways
- 🕒 The allure of time and financial freedom is often misunderstood as constant travel and leisure, but true freedom comes with its own set of challenges and the need for purposeful activities.
- 🧳 The speaker's life as a YouTuber involves extensive travel and community engagement, which, while enjoyable, does not equate to the ultimate happiness or fulfillment.
- 💡 Freedom itself is not happiness; it is merely a starting point that allows for the pursuit of happiness through deeper, more meaningful experiences.
- 🛑 The speaker emphasizes that the initial phase of financial freedom was marked by hard work and long hours, far from the glamorous lifestyle often portrayed.
- 🌐 The digital nomad lifestyle, though seemingly liberating, can be a double-edged sword, making it difficult to focus on either work or life effectively.
- 📈 After years of hard work, the speaker experienced a significant reduction in working hours and gained more control over their time and finances, leading to a period of self-discovery.
- 🍦 The script introduces 'Experienced Happiness' as temporary pleasures derived from immediate experiences, which are often short-lived and not deeply fulfilling.
- 📚 'Reflective Happiness' is contrasted with 'Experienced Happiness,' representing a deeper, more enduring form of satisfaction that comes from building meaningful relationships, mastering skills, and pursuing personal growth.
- 🔍 The pandemic served as an unexpected catalyst for introspection and reevaluation of the speaker's life, leading to a renewed focus on creating content and building a community.
- 🌟 The creation of the MoneyXYZ channel represents a shift towards sharing knowledge and experiences that genuinely resonate with the speaker, leading to a sense of 'Reflective Happiness'.
- 🌱 The speaker's journey from survival mode to a state of exploration and creation highlights the importance of gradually building the bandwidth to pursue a meaningful life, even before achieving complete financial and time freedom.
Q & A
What misconception about being a YouTuber does the speaker address in the script?
-The speaker addresses the misconception that being a YouTuber equates to having complete freedom and happiness, clarifying that freedom itself is not happiness and that the reality of financial and time freedom is more complex than commonly imagined.
What is the difference between 'Experienced Happiness' and 'Reflective Happiness' according to the script?
-Experienced Happiness refers to the immediate emotions or moods one feels, often related to current feelings and short-lived. Reflective Happiness, on the other hand, is a deeper sense of satisfaction that comes from building deep relationships, excelling in a skill, or finding purpose in greater goodness, and it often lasts longer and requires more deliberate and slower thinking.
How does the speaker describe the transition from a 9-to-5 job to entrepreneurship?
-The speaker describes the transition as going from a structured 9-to-5 job to working more than 16 hours a day with only half a day off each week, indicating that the entrepreneurial journey initially involved much longer work hours and no real 'work-life balance'.
What does the speaker suggest about the relationship between income level and experienced happiness?
-The speaker suggests that experienced happiness is not positively correlated with income level indefinitely. While it increases with income at lower levels, once a certain income level is reached, further increases in income do not continue to enhance the sense of experienced happiness.
How did the speaker's perspective on travel change over time?
-The speaker initially saw travel as a way to find meaning in life and was proud of the freedom to travel. However, over time, the speaker realized that travel did not bring the expected meaning or lasting happiness, leading to a shift in perspective on the value of travel.
What role did the book 'The Geometry of Wealth' play in the speaker's understanding of happiness?
-The book 'The Geometry of Wealth' helped the speaker understand the distinction between Experienced Happiness and Reflective Happiness, and it explained why the speaker's travels and consumption did not bring more happiness, leading to a deeper understanding of what constitutes true happiness.
How did the speaker's approach to content creation evolve after realizing the limitations of experienced happiness?
-The speaker decided to start a new YouTube channel focused on investment and finance, sharing knowledge and personal growth, which led to the creation of the MoneyXYZ channel and the experience of Reflective Happiness through creation and sharing valuable content.
What changes did the pandemic bring to the speaker's life and work?
-The pandemic led to a significant decline in the speaker's business income and a loss of physical freedom, but it also provided an opportunity to focus on stock investments and to start content creation again, leading to the establishment of the MoneyXYZ channel.
What is the significance of the community 'One New Bite' in the speaker's journey?
-The community 'One New Bite' represents a new phase in the speaker's journey, where they found happiness and meaning through creating, learning, sharing, and connecting with like-minded individuals, and it has become a source of Reflective Happiness.
How does the speaker define 'true time freedom' in the context of the script?
-The speaker defines 'true time freedom' as the ability to protect one's own time and choose to spend it on the most important things, rather than squandering it, indicating a shift from aimless freedom to purposeful and intentional use of time.
What advice does the speaker give to those who are still in 'survival mode' regarding the pursuit of life's meaning?
-The speaker advises that one does not have to wait for absolute financial and time freedom to pursue the meaning of life. Instead, as income increases, one should consciously create time and space for self-reflection and exploration, even if it's through small steps or 'cheap tickets' to start the journey.
Outlines
🌏 The Illusion of Freedom Through Travel
The speaker begins by addressing the misconception that being a YouTuber equates to having ultimate freedom and happiness. Despite the enviable lifestyle with travel and community engagement, the reality is that true freedom is more complex. The speaker admits to initially squandering their newfound freedom through extensive travel, seeking meaning but finding it unfulfilling. They introduce the concept of 'Experienced Happiness' from 'The Geometry of Wealth', explaining how it relates to immediate, fleeting pleasures that don't necessarily contribute to long-term happiness or meaning. The paragraph concludes with a realization that there's more to life than the superficial joys of travel and consumption.
💡 The Pursuit of Reflective Happiness
This paragraph delves into the distinction between 'Experienced Happiness' and 'Reflective Happiness'. The speaker describes how financial growth initially increases feelings of happiness by alleviating immediate concerns and providing a sense of control. However, this type of happiness plateaus as income increases, suggesting a limit to the joy that material wealth can bring. The speaker then shifts focus to 'Reflective Happiness', which involves deeper life satisfaction through meaningful relationships, skill mastery, and purposeful pursuits. They share their personal journey of exploration, including failed attempts at various hobbies and the gradual discovery of a passion for photography and content creation, which ultimately led to a more profound sense of fulfillment.
🚨 The Pandemic's Unintended Consequences
The pandemic's onset brought about a loss of physical and financial freedom for the speaker, but it also provided an opportunity for introspection and redirection. With travel no longer an option, the speaker turned inward, focusing on personal growth and investment strategies. The downturn in business income was offset by the growth of stock investments, leading to a renewed sense of financial security. This period also marked a return to content creation, with the launch of a YouTube channel dedicated to finance and investment, 'MoneyXYZ'. The speaker found joy in sharing knowledge and contributing value to others, experiencing 'Reflective Happiness' through creation and community building.
🌱 Embracing a Newfound Sense of Freedom
The final paragraph reflects on the speaker's current state of life, focusing on the creation and sharing of knowledge, community building, and personal growth. They discuss the establishment of a community, 'One New Bite', which has become a source of joy and fulfillment. The speaker also talks about a shift in their approach to travel, seeking more meaningful and intentional experiences. They emphasize the importance of not waiting for complete financial and time freedom to pursue life's meaning, but instead, to actively create opportunities for exploration and growth as one's circumstances allow. The speaker concludes by encouraging others to join them on this journey of discovery and fulfillment.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Financial Freedom
💡Time Freedom
💡Experienced Happiness
💡Reflective Happiness
💡Entrepreneurship
💡Consumerism
💡System 1 and System 2 Thinking
💡Content Creation
💡Community
💡Survival Mode
💡Personal Growth
Highlights
The YouTuber's life offers full control over time and a degree of financial freedom, but it's not the true reality of financial and time freedom.
The so-called 'travel whenever you want' loses meaning when experienced, as freedom itself is not happiness, but a ticket to it.
The YouTuber emphasizes the importance of understanding the struggles, explorations, and reflections behind financial and time freedom.
In 2014, the YouTuber quit their job to start entrepreneurship, gaining control over time but not achieving true financial freedom.
Entrepreneurship involves working more than 16 hours a day, with no 'work-life balance', contrasting the 9-9-6 work schedule.
The YouTuber's work is not location-limited, but work follows them everywhere, making the digital nomad life less appealing.
After a year of hard work, the YouTuber found a great partner and an efficient team, reducing their working hours significantly.
The YouTuber faced the question of how to use newfound time and financial freedom, realizing they didn't know how to handle it.
Traveling as a financial freedom script didn't bring the expected meaning to life, leading to a search for deeper happiness.
The book 'The Geometry of Wealth' helped the YouTuber understand the difference between Experienced Happiness and Reflective Happiness.
Experienced Happiness is short-lived and related to current feelings, often tied to reducing unhappiness rather than increasing happiness.
Reflective Happiness requires more effort and time, involving deeper satisfaction like building relationships or finding purpose.
The YouTuber's attempts at photography and English teaching led to self-discovery and the realization of what they truly enjoy.
The pandemic forced a change in lifestyle, leading to a reevaluation of priorities and the decision to start a YouTube channel on finance.
The YouTube channel MoneyXYZ was created to share finance investment knowledge, leading to personal growth and reflective happiness.
The YouTuber emphasizes the importance of using time freedom wisely, choosing to spend it on the most important things.
Travel has evolved from a means of finding happiness to a form of reflective happiness, with intentional and immersive experiences.
Building a community, 'One New Bite', brought the YouTuber a sense of responsibility and deeper connections with like-minded people.
The YouTuber's journey shows that wealth and time are tickets to happiness, but the true meaning of life must be actively pursued.
Even in survival mode, it's important to create time and space for self-exploration and to pursue the meaning of life.
Transcripts
(Subtitles Translated by AI) Many of my friends envy my life as a YouTuber
where I have full control of my time
and a certain degree of financial freedom.
For example, I just finished a month-long trip
where I visited Kyoto and Osaka
and met several channel community members in Japan.
I then returned home to see my family
and held a community meetup in Beijing with nearly 40 people.
In early May, I went to Taiwan
and held a meetup in Taipei with 50 people.
I do not deny that this sounds enjoyable,
and it is how many people understand and imagine financial and time freedom.
However, the truth is that this is not the reality of financial and time freedom.
When you truly experience this kind of life,
you will find that the so-called "travel whenever you want" has little meaning.
Freedom itself is not happiness;
at most, it is just a ticket to happiness.
But once you get on the train,
the road ahead is still full of obstacles,
and there is a long journey to be taken.
I know that many people, upon hearing this, may think
that I am speaking without experiencing any real hardships
and saying that money is not important,
that people should pursue the kind of financial freedom that gives meaning.
But making pretentious videos about being unhappy while having a lavish lifestyle is not what I want to do.
Instead, what I want to do is share the four chapters of my life
to tell you about the struggles, explorations, and reflections
that I have experienced,
as well as the subtle truths about time and financial freedom
that I have come to understand.
Chapter 1: Attaining Freedom
In 2014, I quit my last full-time job
and began my entrepreneurship journey.
Although I gained control of my time,
it was not true time freedom,
let alone financial freedom.
I went from a 9-to-5 job to working from 5 am to 11 pm every day,
working more than 16 hours a day,
with only half a day off each week.
Compared to this, the 9-9-6 work schedule seems much happier.
No one who starts a startup talks about "work-life balance".
没有创业者会去谈论什么工作和生活的平衡
The only thing in your life is to make money
Although my job is not limited by locations
But no matter where I go
Work will follow
This is more painful than going to a job
That's why I haven't longed for the so-called digital nomad life so far
Because it’s difficult to give you a chance to focus
You can neither focus on making money
Nor can you focus on living
也不能focus去生活
After more than a year of hard work
I have a great partner
An efficient team
I can leverage other people's time
My working hours suddenly dropped to
Spend one day a week to make important decisions
At this time, I finally obtained for the first time in my life
Time and financial freedom
Then a question is placed in front of me
How should I use this freedom
I don't know if others are like this
But I don't have the ability to handle this freedom
So I started to squander it
First, I started the fixed script of financial freedomers: travel
As if one can find meaning in life through travel
好像旅行能给人生找到意似的
I ran all over Canada
And then travel abroad
Visit my families in China for one to two months every year
At that time, I was very proud of this freedom
Look, this is a photo we took when we went to Newfoundland
We are on a boat
Most of them are elderly people
Only the two of us young people
I said to my wife
我就对我太太说
You see, I don't want to be like them
Stay in the little box of the office for a lifetime
Wait until your hair turns gray before exploring the world
I am glad we can do it now
This sounds like I figured everything out
Already successful and meaningful, right?
But it doesn't
Later I found that travel is just like that
I didn't find my own meaning from travel
I have always wondered why I feel this way
Am I being shallow?
But a few months ago, I read a book
called "The Geometry of Wealth"
It explains this feeling very well
Turns out, the essence of most of my travels is a kind of
Experienced Happiness
This book divides happiness into a spectrum
There are two poles
Experienced Happiness
and Reflective Happiness
The so-called Experienced Happiness
refers to your current emotions or mood
For example, one of my great pleasures when traveling is eating
whether it's various Taiwanese snacks
or Japanese ramen
or the various foods I can't name on the streets of Mexico
They all fall into the category of Experienced Happiness
The author says that this kind of experienced happiness
often has to do with our brain's System 1 thinking
This System 1 thinking
comes from that famous book
"Thinking Fast and Slow"
It divides our brain into two parts
System 1 and System 2 thinking
System 1 refers to the fast part
often subconscious
instinctive reactions that don't require deep thought
For example, when you're hungry, you want to eat
when you're thirsty, you want to drink water
When you see danger, you want to run away
These experienced happiness have two characteristics
First, they are very brief
not very long-lasting
often related to current feelings
To obtain this kind of happiness
you need to constantly repeat it
Here, I'll add one more thing
Many people say that buying things cannot bring you happiness
Experiences can
But you need to be careful with this statement.
这里我多说一句
很多人说买东西不能给你带来幸福
体验可以
但是你要小心这种说法
Because if this experience brings you "experiened happiness"
Then it is no different from consumerism in buying things
The second characteristic of experienced happiness is
It is not positively correlated with our income level
When the income is low, with the increase of income
The experienced happiness you gain is constantly increasing
For example, traveling, consuming luxury goods, eating delicacies, etc.
But when your income reaches a certain level
Do these things again
The sense of happiness cannot continue to increase
In fact, many people have heard of this theory
That is, when your income reaches tens of thousands of US dollars
The sense of happiness will not increase with the increase of income
But what many people don't know is that the happiness mentioned here
Refers to experienced happiness related to system one thinking
Why is this so
The author said that this kind of experienced happiness
Many times it has nothing to do with happiness itself
It is more about reducing our sense of unhappiness
Hunger is a kind of unhappiness
Eating will reduce this unhappiness
Endless work is a kind of unhappiness
Traveling can reduce this unhappiness
Long-haul flights are very tiring and unfortunate
Sitting in business class can reduce this unhappiness
When traveling, being crowded in a crowded place is very unfortunate
Find a place to have an ice cream
It will dispel this unhappiness
These various "feelings of unhappiness"
Often accompanied by our lack of control over life and time
For example, if your income is very low
The pet at home suddenly gets sick
The car broke down again when you went out in the morning
You will not only be late for work
You also don't know how to afford the bills for pet treatment and car repair
At this time, you will feel very unhappy
Lack of control
The increase in income allows us to have resources to eliminate these feelings of unhappiness
Let us gain a sense of control and independence
Obtain experienced happiness
Because the problems mentioned just now
To a certain extent, they can all be solved with money
Can money buy happiness?
The previous example gave the answer
Money can buy experienced happiness
But there is a big BUT here
This kind of happiness is obtained by reducing unhappiness and the feeling of lack of control
When those unhappinesses are solved
You will not feel extra happiness
That's why after reaching a certain level of income
This experienced happiness will no longer increase linearly
A sense of control and freedom can help you resist unhappiness
But they cannot guarantee happiness
That's why I say freedom does not equal happiness
In 2016, I was fortunate enough to reach this state
But many of what I pursue is actually consumerism
It is the continuous accumulation of experienced happiness
This cannot bring more happiness
I did not find the so-called meaning from traveling either
So money and time are resources
And happiness needs to be sponsored by these resources
When your time and financial resources
Are sufficient to fund those experienced happinesses to reduce unhappiness
What kind of happiness should you fund next?
The author of this book says
We should fund reflective happiness
Reflective happiness
So-called reflective happiness is
A deeper sense of satisfaction
It can be building deep relationships with others
Excelling in a beloved skill
Striving for the freedom of autonomous choice
Or finding purpose and meaning in greater goodness
To achieve the satisfaction that these experiences can bring
It requires System 2 thinking
And is related to the prefrontal cortex that our brain has evolved
So they involve more deliberate and slower thinking
Experiential happiness and reflective happiness
The biggest difference lies in the dimension of time
Experiential happiness happens in the present
Its impact lasts for a shorter duration
And the topics involved are usually narrower in scope
But reflective happiness brings deep satisfaction
Which may last for a longer time
Because it is often based on broader participation
Reflective happiness is harder to obtain at the same time
It often requires you to put in more time and effort
Even experiences challenges and setbacks
In the end, experienced happiness is passive
whereas reflective happiness relies on taking initiative
So when I found that travel and consumption
couldn't bring me more happiness and meaning
I started trying various things and endeavors
I started doing photography
Taking photos of weddings and events for people
Taking pictures of families and pets
Going to model agencies to shoot fashion
I even made a photography YouTube channel
I also filmed a rap music video for someone
Now looking back, it's a bit embarrassing
But gradually I found that I liked photography
But I didn't enjoy taking pictures for others
While trying photography
I also started an English teaching channel
I even did a podcast about learning English for half a year
There was a time when I updated it every day
But I found that although I used to be a teacher
I didn't like teaching English
So I gave up on both of them
I often tell my wife
From 2016 to 2019, these three years
Seemed to be wasted by us
Although we were free, we were confused
I found that when people say they hope to have the opportunity one day
to do what they love
it is often self-deception
because most of the time we only know what we don't like
but we don't know what we really like
something we want to devote ourselves to wholeheartedly
That's how I was at the time
So in my confusion, my schedule became very indulgent and irregular
I would sleep whenever I wanted and wake up whenever I wanted
Often opening my eyes already at noon
And then staying up late without doing much
There was no self-discipline or efficiency at all
But now looking back
但是现在往回看
All these confusion and attempts have not been wasted.
Because these three years are equivalent to our Gap Years.
These three years are about self-exploration.
Although I haven't found the meaning of the next stage of life yet.
I haven't fully experienced that reflective happiness.
But those attempts I made
have prepared me for the changes in the next stage.
I have accumulated a wealth of knowledge and experience in media production.
Including the operation of cameras, lighting, sound, equipment, and editing software.
As well as YouTube topic selection and operation, and so on.
These three years have also made it clear to me what I don't want.
And I have been reading and studying all the time.
Studying personal finance, real estate, and stock investment.
These books have completely changed me.
From someone pursuing consumerism with sudden wealth,
to a pragmatic investor pursuing FIRE.
Then in 2020, the pandemic came.
Our lives suddenly changed.
Chapter 3: Losing Freedom
The pandemic trapped everyone at home.
My business also suffered a significant decline in income due to the pandemic.
Not only did I suddenly lose physical freedom,
I also lost some degree of financial freedom.
But this also brought me an unexpected benefit.
That is, I finally don't have to waste time traveling anymore.
I can stay at home and think about what to do next.
Fortunately,
the stock investments I made before the pandemic
began to grow rapidly.
This completely freed me from relying on active income.
At least for a long period of time,
I don't need to worry about money.
So I decided to start again.
Although my previous attempt at content creation was not successful,
it taught me one thing.
No matter how much I go around in circles,
I always want to speak, express, create, and share.
So I decided to start doing YouTube again.
This time, I plan to create an investment and finance channel.
I want to share what I learned in the years before the pandemic.
我想把疫情前几年学的
Finance investment knowledge sharing
And it cannot be denied
The surge in stocks during the epidemic
Also gave me the opportunity I need
So this channel MoneyXYZ was created
Through continuous efforts, this channel is on track
And I finally experienced that reflective happiness
Not only because this channel became successful
But because I learned and achieved personal growth through creation
Sharing what I truly believe in
And bringing value to others
Just like I said earlier
This reflective happiness doesn't come easily
Creation is difficult
And will face many setbacks and failures
But with every completed video
I feel infinite satisfaction
I can proudly call myself a writer
And a content creator
This is my new identity and meaning
At the same time, I started to reorganize my life
No longer squandering this time freedom like before
I started to try getting up early and creating a routine for life
That's why this channel appeared
That video about getting up at 5 in the morning
Interestingly, it is the most viewed video on my money channel
It also confirmed one plan I've always had
That is, this channel should not only be about money
It should be about a broader topic of money and personal growth
That's the XYZ in MoneyXYZ
Chapter 4 Regaining Freedom
After the epidemic, I regained the financial time and freedom I had before
But at this point, I am no longer
Clueless about how to use this freedom
I chose "unfreedom"
I just finished a month-long trip
And I found that compared to the freedom I had during the journey
I look forward to it ending earlier
To return to the routine I have established.
回到我建立好的routine里面
The true freedom of time is to know how to protect your own time
To choose to spend it on the most important things to you
Instead of squandering it
Since we mentioned travel
My travels are different from before
I will be more moderate
More importantly, I am starting to introduce "difficulty" into my travels
I don't even make travel plans
I don't go to tourist attractions to take photos
Completely in adventure mode
For example, when I went to Mexico, I chose to stay in a local homestay
I went to small bars where only the locals go and chatted with them
This time in Taipei, I had the opportunity to visit the home of a local audience member
And experience the daily life of people in Taipei
Last year, my trip to Europe was even less conventional
I followed my curiosity
Explored the history that interested me
And made a few small documentaries
This kind of travel is completely different from before
They are intentional travel
It is a form of reflective happiness
That brings me more lasting happiness and memories
Then, in my content creation career
I decided to take another step and build my own community from scratch
Starting a community that I had no experience in
It consumes a lot of time and energy
Although I lost "freedom of time"
I gained a responsibility for over a thousand people
But I am happy doing it
After more than half a year of learning
Trying, setbacks, and efforts
I can proudly call my community "One New Bite"
an alive
with its own unique culture
Not just a membership website
This community has brought me so many surprises and unexpected things
It has opened up a whole new world for me
Here, I have met a group of like-minded friends
We read books together
Plan for early mornings
Do online meetups
Record podcasts
The main purpose of my one and a half month trip to Asia this time
Is to meet them
It's interesting that even though we haven't met in the real world,
when we finally do meet,
it feels like we're old friends who haven't seen each other in years.
We can't talk enough.
For example, in Kyoto,
we had lunch and talked until we were asked to leave the restaurant.
Then we went to another place and talked until evening.
The activities in Beijing and Taipei
originally were designed to last four hours starting from noon.
That's already quite long.
But without exception,
every single event had a lot of people
who didn't want to leave until 8 o'clock at night.
At the event in Taipei,
I even received a surprise,
they recorded a special video for me.
It almost made me cry.
And another friend made a lovely pick-up sign
with his daughter for us.
I even brought it back to Canada.
So this is my current state,
the meaning right now,
and what I will be doing in the near future.
Creating, learning, sharing, helping,
connecting like-minded people through communities,
making change happen,
making new stories happen.
Of course, if you want to be part of it,
you are welcome to join us.
So after saying all that,
what is the truth about wealth and time freedom?
The truth is,
wealth and time are tickets to happiness.
This book says that before people pursue financial freedom,
they should first think about the meaning of their life.
I agree with this idea,
but it's difficult to do,
at least not for me.
When you're in survival mode,
you often don't have the privilege to choose
what is meaningful to you.
You may not even know what you like,
because all your energy and time
are spent on survival,
like a computer running at full capacity.
You don't have the extra bandwidth to contemplate the meaning of life.
In this stage,
在这个阶段
Every experienced happiness you obtain
is truly valuable
even if it only reduces your unhappiness
This reminds me of a comment
under a previous video about financial freedom
He said, "Typical 'first-world' problem"
I was puzzled by this comment
So I put it in the community
to hear everyone's thoughts
Then a member's reply gave me a revelation
He said many things are
"you have to have things first in order to lose it".
That's how it is
For many people
before we discuss reflective happiness,
we first need experienced happiness
But what we need to be cautious about
is that experienced happiness is a natural result
and not the ultimate goal we pursue
because it can reduce unhappiness
but cannot bring more lasting happiness
Unfortunately,
too many people have lost themselves in survival mode
thinking that these experienced happiness is all happiness
In survival mode, what we should pursue
is more safety margin and bandwidth
rather than just stopping at experienced happiness
Before 2016,
I was always living for others in survival mode
When I finally had enough safety margin and bandwidth
to live for myself
I found it difficult to find my own purpose
It took me three years
So if you are in a state of confusion right now
please don't worry
because it will pass
If you are still in survival mode
what I want to say is
you don't have to wait for absolute financial and time freedom
to pursue the meaning of your life
As your income increases
you should consciously
create time and space for yourself
to start thinking and exploring
to pursue the meaning of your life
For example, the early rising plan that many people in our community participate in
Many people give themselves a break
a gap year, to explore the new possibilities of life
Are all striving to increase the bandwidth of life
So if wealth and time
are the tickets to happiness and meaning
You don't have to wait for financial and time freedom
to buy this expensive ticket
You can buy this ticket now
when you can take a breather
even if it's cheap
It can only take you so far
Because getting on the bus is just the beginning
There is still a long way to go ahead
It's best to start this journey early
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