Please spend a minute or two and join me to pray for the family of Mr Wang Long. Read his story here
There are many compartments of our lives, depending on which stage we are in.
We have
Family
Health & wellness
Career
Hobbies/Interests
Spiritual
Finance
Community
The above is just a rough guide and you can slice and dice the way you want to run your life. While making money is important since we need a certain amount to sustain our lifestyle but it should not be overbearing and take over all areas of your life that lose focus on the other areas.
There is a chinese saying, when young , you have health but you did not take care of it and slog and toil and play , diminish its importance and when you aged, you have money but no health. Often, I see mens and womens in their 50s-60s on wheelchairs and some even begging on the streets.
Think of it this way - you can lose all your money and start over again but if you lose your life, that's it. Same as diversification in stocks strategy, we must also diversify our time into other important parts of our lives.
Yes, having losses is painful, having to pay off the debts is painful but to take one's life and leave the family behind is even more painful to bear. Where there is a will, there is a way , so we must exercise prudence in our investing/trading and not let it affects our lives too much.
What goes down must come up and what goes up will also come down. Like the four seasons, each has its time.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-22 ESV /
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; ...
There are many compartments of our lives, depending on which stage we are in.
We have
Family
Health & wellness
Career
Hobbies/Interests
Spiritual
Finance
Community
The above is just a rough guide and you can slice and dice the way you want to run your life. While making money is important since we need a certain amount to sustain our lifestyle but it should not be overbearing and take over all areas of your life that lose focus on the other areas.
There is a chinese saying, when young , you have health but you did not take care of it and slog and toil and play , diminish its importance and when you aged, you have money but no health. Often, I see mens and womens in their 50s-60s on wheelchairs and some even begging on the streets.
Think of it this way - you can lose all your money and start over again but if you lose your life, that's it. Same as diversification in stocks strategy, we must also diversify our time into other important parts of our lives.
Yes, having losses is painful, having to pay off the debts is painful but to take one's life and leave the family behind is even more painful to bear. Where there is a will, there is a way , so we must exercise prudence in our investing/trading and not let it affects our lives too much.
What goes down must come up and what goes up will also come down. Like the four seasons, each has its time.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-22 ESV /
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; ...
Comment:
adding some later
19.10 seems like a good support , may add more later if bullish signals present