44

Turned 44 today. Another year, another trip round the sun.

Some birthday wishes:

🏋️‍♂️ Stay healthy
👪 Give the best to my family
💵 Earn enough to do that
🗓 Have time freedom, and be present
🚀 Build a profitable product

Simple wishes. But not-so-simple execution.

It’s easy to wish and dream. But to make wishes real, a whole different game. A whole different universe, in fact.

Staying healthy and lean in an era of middle age dad bods and junk food makes food, sleep and exercise choices a daily uphill struggle.

Giving the best to family is great and all, but best is costly. And it wouldn’t be possible if I’m just scraping by most months. I got to earn more. I got to provide.

Being a present and calm dad had always been my aim. Being able to work from home, work on consulting and indie projects of my own choosing had been pivotal to that. But I’m far from being present. Time freedom is just the first key. The second key is the quality of my presence during that free time.

Most of all, my work aspiration to have a profitable product that’s lifestyle-sustaining. I have profitable products but none that’s even close to feeding the fam.

It’s all hard af. But I feel the mindset has got to switch. Something more fundamental, at the root.

Aspiring is fine. But actualising is better.

This new birth year, I hope to will stop aspiring and start actualising.