It has been more than a month since I last posted my entry. Needless to say not much has ensued during the interim. I have half-heatedly searched for jobs; thus far gotten 1 interview but no follow-up, and few rejects. I became sick with flu last week and was bed-ridden for most of the time - this is the 1st occurrence in my memory. Before my illness, I had started to become quite undisciplined and more worryingly nonchalant about my job prospect.
While in bed last week, spent quite a lot of time day-dreaming. Usually such dreams entails me being a very successful investor with knack for knowing the dynamics of the market. With hindsight it is quite possible to have become a very successful investor and hence a filthy rich person if I had followed the cycle; worked at a start-up from 1996-99 then started a hedge-fund that shorted tech stocks during 2000-03 and longed real estate and industrial cyclicals from 2003-07 and shorted everything since then. I would used all those money to something tangible to Nepal.
While day-dreaming is a waste of time time it does have positive aspect besides being fun and enjoyable. It highlight the deepest desires in me. Based on my recent day-dreams, I do have very deep desire to do something in Nepal preferably in the economics/business sectors. Unfortunately, I do not have the capital necessary to make things happen; having $5-$10 million liquid would have made it possible for what wanted to do; live in Nepal comfortably while being able to afford to travel the world at a whim; oh well, what can you do.
The reason why I am not too excited about getting a job is because it does not fulfill my Nepal-centric goals. I will be toiling for 60+ hours a week, like past 5 years, and at the end of the day be satisfied with a salary and benefits; think life ought to be more than than that. I WANT TO BE AN INVESTOR IN NEPAL but before that I need capital and reputation to go along with it; being a salary man is not get me anywhere; besides I am hitting 40 soon; ouch.
I will incorporate a company (need to talk to a lawyer friend) that will partner with someone with operational experience to buy and grow a business. And that way I might get the experience needed to jump-start by business idea.
