Hi Laura,
Thanks for checking in on me. I’ve been focusing on work and not trading much. I only trade when it makes business sense to do so, since I can’t watch the market during the day without going into a hypnotic daze. It’s too easy for greed to take over, so I keep my distance.
Ironically, taking it slow and easy actually pays off the most. I’ve been treating the market like a business, not a game, and not looking at it during the day. That simple approach just gave me my best month ever in April. By far.
It’s clear that greed is the great enemy. The more we detach ourselves from money, the more easily riches enter into our life and stay there. It’s only when we voraciously obsess over money and “winning” that we lose ourselves to our lesser impulses.
So that’s where I am right now. I’m just working, trying to live a sane life, moving to an apartment closer to work (which is more modest than my uptown high rise apartment), and just living simply.
It’s hard to believe how easy life becomes when we just keep it simple. It’s one of those cruel ironies that many of us discover late in life. I feel lucky to have learned this at 36.
Another lesson: gratitude is the cure for greed. One cannot become consumed by greed when they are grateful for what they already have, or even just for being alive.
Thank you again!
Daniel