A Cup of Inspiration

Just like I mentioned in my previous post about my aversion to coffee shop lately, this weekend I was going to this fast coffee shop that I always buy online. Ever since they open in the city, I have never ever visited their place and but I am quite a regular buyer. I reckon it’s much straight-forward than having to go there. But the other day, I decided giving a try and check out the place. Some of my family liked going there and they think it’s better than Starbucks. When it comes to price, they’re definitely cheaper but when it comes to quality,I have to admit that some of their products are better than Starbucks.

Since it’s been a while too, I had a good time just sitting at their place and writing this out. I made plans too that I think it’s been a while since I was doing that. I haven’t had time to complain, rant, or any of that cause there’s just simply nothing to talk about. The only thing that I am noticing in my life lately is that how I see time.

For a lot of us, we have 24 hours. That’s the fact that this earth goes by and it’s called the absolute time. However, when it comes to experiencing those hours, you can hear some people say. A day feels like eternity, etc. There’s relative aspect to it that it’s something I am currently interested in. In psychology and cognitive linguistic, this is called time perception. And this has exist ever since ancient greek civilization. As much as I am quite obsessed with effective time management and such, I’ve been noticing that I don’t consider perception of time. I tend to over and underestimate how long it will take me to do something. So, it’s why lately, I’ve been quite all over the place trying to get by and staying afloat.

Another life mystery that I’ve been trying to solve is just my aversion towards the idea of making more money. Who doesn’t want more money, right? And somehow, though I need it the most, I don’t have some sort of plan to make more money. It’s not that I am unambitious but I just don’t quite understand why.

The other day, I read a tweet from Paul Graham. He basically said;

“I don't mind when people are unambitious. It's up to each person to decide that. But it bugs me when the people who aren't ambitious try to bring down those who are.”

https://x.com/paulg/status/1704441612858753502?s=20

I too feel the same. It’s just that sometimes unambitious people are projecting and they’re always trying to talk you down of whatever you do. In the past, I got caught up with them and I listened them a lot more than I should. But now, a little older, I just don’t talk anything about what I am doing, attempting to do or my plans except to my similar ambitious and positive friends. Sometimes I find utter jealousy when I talk to the circle that always think our idea is stupid. But how many times invention out there started from a stupid/silly ideas? It’s a lot of them. And I know, I am not the best when it comes to dealing with criticism or conflicts. But I am guessing that’s life challenge to me, to get better at dealing with conflicts and be fine with criticism.