The beginning

 Please to meet your Mind, Reader.

We shall start slowly, building up our mutual acquaintance by firstly  satisfying our wishes=interests, thereafter, perhaps, get to trust each other.

I am here forging my own re-creation, on several life fields. 
1. Practical living
    2. Body and Mind workouts
        3. Financial pillars
            
So lets first draw some basic points. Instead of just writing down goals, then actions, and how to reassess them, let's try another way around. Why?

Because someone wise once said, life is a journey, not the end goal. The end goal is death. So why rush in the first place:) There will be no joy by accomplishing death as a goal. But the joy should be along the way toward our final life station. The aim toward "perfection and joy" is a voyage, not the final destination.

Said that, lets get to work:)

For a long time, I thought that my job, my physical state, my possessions define who I am.
I think I still believe in it, although now aiming more to BE rather than HAVE.
So in a search for a "perfect life plan" to execute and become better, the "plan" was always confined to this:

                         Before                  Current                    Best ("ideal")

Look:               Skinny                  Well built                   Jason Statham
Job:                  Manager               Jobless                       Investor &  Digital entrepreneur
Living:             with parents         with girlfriend            my own, practical, small house
Driving:           Toyota Camry      same but aged 12y     Toyota RAV4        
Suit:                 Joop                      not wearing                Jeans and Blazer instead
Shirt:                Joop                     not wearing                Joop (again, has something...)
Dress shoes:    Dune                     not wearing                Dune (again, decent and not flashy)            
Smartphone:    iPhone 4              Samsung A40             - - - no phone (all on a Tablet, including SIM)
Watch:             Matthey Tissot      not wearing                Sinn 556A
Laptop:            HP 9640 17"         HP 250 G7                 Samsung tablet S7
Business Bag: MUJI laptop bag   Samsonite backpack   PAKT One bag
Casual wear:   Replay jeans         Wrangler                    Wrangler (saved my legs in a motorbike accident)
Sport wear:     Adidas                   H&M                         Under Armour
After shave:    Ferragamo F          Denim Black :)          Burberry London
Whisk(e)y:      Lagavulin               Jack Daniels              Dewar's 12years (smashing once a year)
Rum:               Zacapa                    no drinks                    Appleton Estate (has no sugar:))    
Best drink:     water from the tap  unchanged                  unchanged  

Wondering how your table would look like? :) Dare to try.


Written by Raido Simson / Earth, winter 2021

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Raido Simson worked in a multinational corporation and private companies for many years before starting Simple.Minimal.Stoic Blog, a personal health & wealth website. He received a B.A. in Economics, currently actively simplifying his personal and business life.







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