Just wanted to say that your openess about your approach to life is both comforting and reassuring. I’m going through abit of a soul searching journey right now and reading your posts about life and positive thinking have been pretty inspiring. Thanks and keep writing!

Why do we all have to live the same way and have the same goals and milestones is beyond me, do what makes you happy as long as its hurting no one.

for further reading run a search on “automatic thoughts” –

Om: true that, it should never be about the money.

Kelvin: nice one about free time at work. Heheh. With rgds to the migrant experience, I would say that it’s a whole lot easier now than when I first came. The downside is that one may not integrate into the general Aussie life as much because of a greater number of your own kind.

mf: basically you are a perfectionist. Make sure you stay healthy and like herman said above, maintain balance.

Anyway, it really boils down to what you want, how much and how far.

Part of the reason is also because it’s interesting to see how an asian migrant gets to settle down in aussie land.

Need to venture out of comfort zone should come naturally once one feels stagnated. And then again it shouldn’t be about the $.

I think the key is balance, we must seek to work hard to achieve the goals we want, but not forgetting to slow down and smell the roses.