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Hi there!

I love you.

Now that we've gotten it out of the way, I'm doing very well, thank you very much :) I am enjoying this lacuna of busyness - with major deadlines coming up every two weeks, with weekend work having been strewn over the past couple and the foreseeable few weeks.

Writing this in my pajamas, right after my daily dose of gratitude and caffeine, in between sips of ripple (pea milk! tasty stuff, real hard to come by), and before my daily morning run. I was earlier super irritated at my cousin who has been crashing in my apartment for a while, but somehow a thought was offered to me, that said: "If the biggest problem in your life right now is only having a perfectly kind relative overextending your welcome, then you're in a very good shape."

And I am! Poof - it stopped becoming a thing.

Anyways, here are some highlights of the past few weeks since I came back to New York:

• Kevin Connors visited NY, got an amazing dinner and drinks with him and his friends, shared amazing stories about work, and heard amazing stories about JB lol
• Found an amazing online laundry app that saves me a lot of time, at a very very reasonable price
• Literally skipped two hours of work on a Saturday to play Pogo with Chris at Central Park. It was freezing and we haven't seen each other for forever and all we do is talk about pokemon but it's ok, it's awesome
• Decided against taking the CFA L2 for the time being. Pretty sure will be happy with this decision
• Got stupidly drunk with Liam and his friends at his birthday party. Had a blast. Bought him GoT limited-edition Johnny Walker whisky that looked super cool. Had amazing Chinese food for his birthday
• Updated my resume and just for the fun (and maybe profit?) spoke with couple recruiters who reached out. Became really inspired, like how I told Kevin: "It's like growing up ugly and suddenly being really attractive and suddenly having two to three girls talking to you wanting to get to know you better" hahahaha
• Got dinner with Jihong! And successfully explained to her the RMBS case I'm on right now. Fascinating how she was so fascinated by it, and how I managed to explain to her clearly
• But generally, have been working my a** off. Something very nice about it is the free lunches and dinners everyday. Also that my associates/managers are becoming very appreciative of my and my friends' contributions, and that the newer analysts are becoming super capable and reliable. And my bosses are much more flexible and understanding too. Yay!

I think my trip back to Indonesia helped, and definitely more so the spiritual wisdom/coaching/awakening/counsel. I feel genuinely braver, calmer, more content, more confident, more happy-go-lucky. As I told Kevin, whatever comes my way, I will be able to handle it! With grace and ease. I got this, I have faith in myself.

And yes, I set out to predominantly focus my attention on things that I love, that brings me happiness, that brings me joy. And yes, joy comes from growing, and growing comes from continued learning and diversity, which comes from having different experiences, continually challenging myself, taking risks, and allowing serendipity. And yes, as per Jerry Hicks' words, I strive to pretty much exclusively focus on things that I want. And if I do not know what I want, I easily and confidently ask to know what I want. May my continued focus and intention on joy allow me to immerse further and keep on enjoying this process :)

So for now, the intention is to understand the startup/combinator/fintech of New York better. To meet people who are passionate about what they're doing, and to have that spark rub off on me too. A similar goal to my vacation in Indonesia, to know what's going on and to talk to more people :)

And another last, bullet point, is that I have been keeping up a conversation with someone I really really adore. I am really enjoying getting to know her better, and I am really really grateful that she is in my life. Hehe :)

Cheers,