Work and Money

A lot of life revolves around these two evil things.

I had many older coworkers whisper to me in my past.. psst, marry someone rich. I had many coworkers bitch about money all the time and raises, bonuses, etc. I personally get caught up in the work satisfaction thing too much as well. Nowadays I work to live, and in Tokyo for expats thats somewhat the norm (ie, no one really comes to Tokyo to work).

I once had a goal to make a $1mm.. or get to NAV of $1mm asap. Many are there or almost there like our shrewd friends who invest in BRK, while many claim not to care. I guess I'll get there eventually but for now I think I can make enough money in my life to live a humble but satisfying existence so I don't worry about it as much anymore.

Today I was hacking some C++ and god dammit.. writing a few lines of C++ is a fricking painful hell for me. The compile errors are difficult to understand, the runtime errors harder. Just converting int to string is a hassle. What the hell man. At least my team lead who is a C++ guy recognizes the difficulty and tries to avoid doing things in it unless required.

Time is flying by.. already 14th of the month. Geez. I'm in a good groove I think. Need to get less sleepy at work, thats my main goal right now.

Been a slow week. I was exhausted last weekend when BOOOBY was in town. Good to have a down week.