Isn’t Bubble the cutest fur ball? I love her curious look, staring at me while I did yoga this morning.
Monday we got the good news that Sofia passed the test! I honestly don’t know what to tell her if otherwise. Fortunately her consistent hard working attitude paid off.
I booked our flight to US already, one way so far as we need to figure out what to do after her 3 weeks camp. Most likely to do a mini road trip in the east coast.
Tuesday we had a big boss hosting a townhall and I did the unusua-to-me act of asking a question. I don’t know what triggered me to do so and it was less scary than I thought and my bet was accurate.
I got one good night of sleep this week, Wednesday, as I was exhausted by 3pm and went home by 4pm. I did minimal parenting and went to bed 7pm. that night I slept very well. It seems that I need several hours of unwinding to ensure good night sleep.
Thursday, thanks to good sleep, everything seems more positive and brighter. I tackled a long time household maintenance task, portfolio assessment. With the crazy world and uncertainty ahead, it is the right time to take a pause and evaluate. I also called a friend to discuss about it as we are in similar boat in many ways. It’s nice to have a good friend to talk about personal finance, a taboo topic, among most people.
Sofia showed me her next MUN position paper, representing Canada. I was impressed by her maturity on this complex topic: Canada’s strategy in a fragmented world order. I showed her Canada PM’s Davos speech which I absolutely loved. We watched it together while having dinner, Sofia seems to understand the complexity of the issue, very impressive by the power of his speech, taking notes, and wooing several times. Then lizzy joined us and asked what is it about?! hahaha.. it was the cutest.
On a sad note: one of my mom’s childhood friend, probably the uncle I interacted the most, passed away this Monday. It is sad news, even sadder is that we may start seeing more elderly acquaintances to pass in coming years.
My mind is quite confused with so many optimization/analysis. How urgent is to fix our financial planning to ensure comfortable retirement while life is so fragile and anything could happen, and none of money could fix it. How do I decided whose funeral I will attend if it happens while we are in Brazil, 30+ away from China. Which summer camps should I suggest for Lizzy? Which cities our road trip should include? These questions come to mind almost at the same time and I am shocked by how insignificant some of these decisions are in the bigger scale of the world and life.
Today Friday, I have scheduled a consultation with a top sport doctor, recommended by a colleague who’s doing an endurance cycling race (300km in 30 hours). Let’s see if I gain any new insights to support my running, longevity and vitality.
Hope you have a wonderful weekend.
Q: Who do you talk to regarding financial planning/decisions? How do you cope when the world is getting crazier?
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