Just Another Millenial Travel Blog

First time Asia successfully managed – mission accomplished. Not only managed, not only survived but felt deeply alive and thriving. Even though I will never again feel the magic of a first time going here I have gained something even deeper: this doesn’t feels like the end of a trip but like the beginning of a new era. As you might know I do not like to make final verdicts based on incomplete information. Nonetheless I can state for this trip that there is a clear distinction into a time before and after this trip. I had a longing to go to Asia, and always an unexplicable sweet spot, for a very long time. Besides that as a resume of my trip I can also clearly understand why the future of the world is often seen in Asia, and with my current knowledge, I would agree. So now it really felt like something clicked and my expectations where not only fulfilled but exceeded. I was thriving in Singapore, I had an adventure in Beijing and was vibing in Shanghai. Besides that this trip truly gave me clarity and a horizon I am now seeing sharply ahead of me.

Excursus: The joy of hard work – as I am convinced that this is the foundation for any archievement. Delayed gratification is key to success. In order for us, the next generation to take over, I am deeply convinced that we need the performance principle back. People who have never experience the joy of fixing a controlling, on an ordinary Monday at 9:30 p.m. starting another work session at home after leaving the office; staying longer at the library in order to read another paper; working on an idea that you had for work voluntarily on weekends: you have never enjoyed the joy of hard work and I really wish everyone, can experience this. The pride of finding the mistake, holding a brilliant presentation, getting that A that is true joy for me. There is a lot of work ahead of me, let‘s get started.

On Saturday, what else, my work week will start again and I am looking forward to dive deeply into my E-Mails. Besides that an important presentation waits for me – so the lady of leisure times are over and duty starts now. This also leads to an end of this tiny blog project with its quite regularly postings. As I did enjoyed writing more than I expected I might occasionally post something here, but do not rely on it, as work will remain my priority and a new big, long-term life goal has now slided into my agenda. I definitely want to learn Mandarin (not Netflix for me anymore; fun aside I don’t even own a TV), end even though my first attempt wasn’t pure success I will continue eating bitterness here. So might drop, my anyways not existing hunting career here, for another easy task.

Dare to dream – stay hungry, stay foolish.