A friend just had a baby, and I’ve been thinking about this while we pack up for vacation and head to our summer spot.
If you can afford it, spend the money to do things with your family.
Not because your kids need luxury, they don’t.
But because novel places, new routines, smells, sounds, water, food, plane rides, late nights, all of it, tends to stick. Kids are more likely to form early memories around experiences that are sensory-rich, emotional, and different from the normal rhythm of home.
That was all I needed to hear once I became a parent.
If you need to make the side jar. Skip some other nonsense and bullshit you spend money on. Take the trip. Rent that house. Do the small weekend thing. Go to the beach. Go wherever you can with them to get them out of the routine.
One life. One childhood. One real shot at building the memories they carry with them. You start to really think deeply on this once you realize how fast time passes.
In any walk of life, success comes from the extra work that you put in beyond the baseline effort that everyone else is willing to do
Baseline efforts will always result in baseline results
But for outlier results, you need to do outlier work
Trading is no different
I don’t think people who don’t work in fitness really appreciate just how hard it is to be fit in your 40s and beyond with a family and a career.
Being fit in your 20s is important, but not impressive.
Being fit in your 40s is impressive.
It showcases priorities, focus, and time management.