One thing about being on the move is the constant struggle to adjust to a newer environment and the tasks that need to be done. It's a journey of understanding why my progress has been halted all these years. Moving too much disrupted my ability to establish a routine, but not moving can also lead to stagnation. It's a delicate balance that I've finally learned to navigate.
Perhaps it's simply a skill issue, but being nomadic way too early has its cons, which are something I heavily pay these days. Switching between places and having zero commitment is nice, but these past few weeks, I've learned something about core principles and one's life foundation. All these can not be achieved easily when you are constantly moving.
Ideally, being a nomad is best done when one is in the mid-20s to late 20s and has enough savings, emergency funds, and a proper life foundation. Perhaps I am an outlier in this experience, and I need stability before anything else, but I understand everything is a trade-off in life. I had the moving part first before understanding my life's foundation.
Let's be clear: I don't regret the times I spent trying to discover my life's core principle and foundation in my late teenage days and early 20s. I embrace the fail-and-try approach, and though it might be slower than most, I'm confident I'll reach my destination. It's a journey of learning and growth that I'm proud of.
As you can see in this tracker, I only got a few things done and missed many things. Most importantly, I also needed to catch up on the routine and timely progress I shared here.
I have to say, though, that among all the things that are consistent on this page is my daily scripture reading. I read the Bible daily and revise everything I've written, and it goes on. I wouldn't say I am spiritual, but I found consolation in reading it, and it resonates with everything I've been doing all this time.
I should be doing a Comptia prep, but time always seems to slip away, and whenever I try to do it, I always feel a little challenged. There's always something that makes me reluctant to pick up the materials that need to be studied. This week, though, I reminded myself to just do it because the more I complicate the whole process, the less likely I am to do it. It's a struggle many of us can relate to.
The same goes for my Korean language study. I had difficulty finding time because I was aiming for an hour daily. Still, these days, I tell myself it's OK to study 5 characters, and that would be enough. What matters is the consistency that comes from it.
Since the year is about to end, do you have anything you'd love to improve?
 | 𝘔𝘢𝘤 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘢 & 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘳 . 𝘈 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨, 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘚𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯! 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘱𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. 𝘈 𝘳𝘦-𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰. |
At the end of every day I look at the clock and can't believe there is no time left. It's reached a point in my life where I have a deal with my husband that I will be in bed every night by midnight. Always there is something left I want to do. Always it's a struggle to be in bed at that pre-ordained time.
Some people look for things to fill the day. Others look for ways to extend the day because there is more we want to do.
You are amazingly busy, with very specific goals. I am less specific now that I'm older. I just find that there are short-term goals I'd like to finish. Blogs I'd like to write. Family I'd like to do things for. Work on the house that needs to be done. Books I'd like to read. And still, I want to spend precious time with family, hours that will never be regained once lost. Those are my goals. No more the grand ambitions of my youth.
Follow your dreams. Do it now. All of it sounds wonderful...especially the Korean language study.
hehehe there's a lot of things to be done in a day but limited energy. I always struggle with energy a lot lately and I am working on fixing that. I am not exactly busy but I try to spend my days more meaningfully these days because I've spent more than 3 years on being depressed and not making any moves or fixing my life's problem.
hehehe that's for me too. My parents are getting older and I am the only child of theirs, one of them is terminally-ill and I am trying my best to cherish some last moments with them. These years I've lost a couple of family members that reminded me of those, that time with our family is precious and hours that are gone can never be regained again.
Thank you for your thoughtful comments, I really appreciate it.
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There is nothing more important.
The timing to be nomadic is very much vary from one another Cem, there are a lot of factors that come into play. but at least now you are ready to settle down, after being on the move in your younger years. You have gained a lot of experience, and when the time comes you can easily settle down on your personal life, and maybe be ready for another step further in life.
I don't have much to plan, but maybe I should start to consider working from home more seriously. hahaha.
Working from home is great I mean if you have a family and want to spend more time with them 😁You can start some business from home again hehe rather than commuting a lot because sometimes, commuting sucks hehe
Being nomadic, I agree between my early 20s to late 20's as I knew myself I wanted to settle down in my 30s.
Right? like by your 30's I think its best to already know what we want and our foundation in life.
Yeah, even though I stayed single at least I knew a place where I could settle down and keep my peace.
I love this! I am resonating into this type of journey the "failing and try approach" this is where I built a foundation of growth.
Although fail and try approach can be really painful sometimes hehe but that's where we can grow and learn a lot from it.
You'll surely reach the end of it, especially you never stop, it is slow sure, but as long as you take a step and you move on, that's still super better.
As for the things I want to improve, well, there's actually a lot but I can't find the time yet to organize what to do first. Coz of this I don't even want to take even a small step to start 😫
That's how consistency is looking like. I think we often go really hard without realizing that what matters is consistency.
I mean, you can list the top 5 first and go for there. The first 2 weeks are always the hardest 😊
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