It runs in my family (family doesn't include mummy dearest) - we let guilt eat us alive.
Counting mine that's eating me day in day out:
1) Not calling mum
2) Not calling aunt
3) Not calling Ken who's ill
4) Not calling my retired cleaning lady
5) Not calling Carrie who was ill but recovering (hopefully)
6) Not calling Ryan, who's called/emailed/text/poked me on facebook many times
7) Not calling Eric - my dear sworn brother in HK - who's called a few times
8) Not calling Celeste to confirm that she's received the half a dozen books I've got Amazon to ship to her
9) Not having returned any facebook messages from friends
10) Not having responded to any facebook comments from friends
11) Not having responded to all in the trading community that had wanted me to contribute articles to their site, those that had asked me to review their site, those that want to put a link, do an interview, etc
12) Not having called D's dentist
13) Not given D a back rub for weeks
14) Not having cooked for D in more than a decade
15) Not having put D in bed early enough every night
16) Not having responded to all the friends that have written and called me in the past 12 months
17) Not given Alberto a good massage for months
18) Not found Alberto's favorite toy - his phantom bug (from a laser torch)- since we moved into our new home 15 months ago
19) Not having allowed Keish to sit on my lap for more than 15 minutes for the past 15 months
20) Not having given my cleaning lady enough air-time whenever she had wanted to talk about her troubles
21) Not having spent time with my nieces during weekends because I'm just so completely exhausted after five days of battling the market 16 - 18 hours a day everyday
This is half of the list that I carry with me everyday.
The other half's even heavier, and I can't even begin to put it down in words.
Counting mine that's eating me day in day out:
1) Not calling mum
2) Not calling aunt
3) Not calling Ken who's ill
4) Not calling my retired cleaning lady
5) Not calling Carrie who was ill but recovering (hopefully)
6) Not calling Ryan, who's called/emailed/text/poked me on facebook many times
7) Not calling Eric - my dear sworn brother in HK - who's called a few times
8) Not calling Celeste to confirm that she's received the half a dozen books I've got Amazon to ship to her
9) Not having returned any facebook messages from friends
10) Not having responded to any facebook comments from friends
11) Not having responded to all in the trading community that had wanted me to contribute articles to their site, those that had asked me to review their site, those that want to put a link, do an interview, etc
12) Not having called D's dentist
13) Not given D a back rub for weeks
14) Not having cooked for D in more than a decade
15) Not having put D in bed early enough every night
16) Not having responded to all the friends that have written and called me in the past 12 months
17) Not given Alberto a good massage for months
18) Not found Alberto's favorite toy - his phantom bug (from a laser torch)- since we moved into our new home 15 months ago
19) Not having allowed Keish to sit on my lap for more than 15 minutes for the past 15 months
20) Not having given my cleaning lady enough air-time whenever she had wanted to talk about her troubles
21) Not having spent time with my nieces during weekends because I'm just so completely exhausted after five days of battling the market 16 - 18 hours a day everyday
This is half of the list that I carry with me everyday.
The other half's even heavier, and I can't even begin to put it down in words.
4 comments:
You make it sound like Trading has taken all your time. Why don't you go to a park for an hour and just give yourself some time to yourself, and then when your ready you can start interacting with people. Starring at computer screens all day is mentally exhausting and I think you need some social interaction. The funny thing is, People (family and friends) were giving me the same advice 2 years ago. I use to put so much time and unnecessary worry over analyzing the markets(staying up until 2am many days), I can say that a lot of my time spent was a waste. The only analyzing I do these days is through excel and backtesting ideas I have, and before I do any of that I write out a plan for what I'm looking to accomplish, so I don't end up looking at random charts and cuttie cutter indicators that give me the belief that "aha, I've found something!?"
Instead of responding to this comment, or any comments for that matter, why don't you use the time you would usually take for responding to comments and do something more productive. Give yourself a break from this blog, focus on the things that matter most, make a priority list of things you want to accomplish by the end of the day/week, and then go from there.
Your Friend,
HPT
HPT :-)
This is a comment I simply cannot not respond to. I've had 2 hours' of sleep and usually I'm still in too much of a daze to even make sense of a comment. But this one, I get it. And it's precious.
I just want to say how much I appreciate it. You're absolutely amazing.
if you read the blog then you should know face-to-face contact with people is painful. I have a few people I want to see but if I have to do a meeting with the same person twice in a week then that is one too many, know what I mean? I rather just email or phone if that is of the absolute necessary. You will find out when you're getting old most of the stuff you don't want to hear/see is the stuff you are going to hear/see. Traders are good at knowing what must come next, don't you know?
:-)I'm old, Cory, and so I noticed...i think it's called Law of Attraction LOL! At the end of the day, it's all about seeing people that matter to us. I regret not having visited my granny as often as I should have, and it's a regret I'll have to live with for the rest of my life. She's never coming back. And I actually told her just days before she fell that I would start visiting more often, and she sounded happy. Not been able to get this out of my mind. Almost a year might have gone by, but it always seems like it was just yesterday that the conversation took place. I still can't believe my granny died. Thinking about nothing else but trading seems to take away some of the pain. But like all medicine that's supposed to help, there're always some side-effects.
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