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Cake day: June 29th, 2023

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  • Not everyone knows what they’re good at.

    No matter how many self-tests I took, I would never have picked the job I have now that actually fits me well. As much as I tried to keep it objective and think about my experiences with the work I’ve done, I would consistently pick something that I thought other people would like to see me do, or something that seems easy.

    Turns out I really enjoy a job that I need a lot of training and practice to be good at, and that others often dismiss as basic work.

    Idk what kind of person can figure out their own strengths just by thinking about it, and what makes them different from me. I just wanted to point out that self-tests aren’t always the golden key to launch you into your highest potential. For me, it took the insight of other people who have been with me for years to help me put together what I couldn’t see in myself.

    Edited for clarity and to add about the insight of others





  • I think semi-retirement is the way for me. I like what I do, I just don’t want to do full work weeks until the day I die. However, I would not mind slowing down with age, and ending up working fewer days a week until I’m old and dying.

    At some point, I’d like to leverage the experience I’m currently building to get very comfortable on-site or in-office hours, mixed with work from home hours, and then slow down from there until weekends are longer than the work week towards the end.







  • Make a budget. Live by that budget for a month. On the first of the next month, make another budget.

    You don’t actually have to do this forever, but long enough to get the basic ebb and flow of money into your head. Planning to put more into x category means having less for y category.

    Build up savings, a little at a time. Get used to dipping into that for emergencies.

    Disregard if you’re a billionaire or entirely living off the land.