new pursuit with UOL

After coming back from Japan, I tossed with the idea of learning the Japanese language. The whole experience of learning continues to intrigue me, even as I just close my maf chapter.

I searched for a new goal; perhaps you can say it’s something to fill my time. Training has ended with the marathon. Work has gained some momentum. There was still spaces of time I was wondering how I could effectively utilize.

Training for another race doesn’t seem like something I was excited to do. I couldn’t be too bothered about all the ironman photos friends have posted on fb, to think it was once what I hailed the sole goal of my life. maybe I lack discipline to train everyday, to fuss about what pace and how much mileage I am clocking.

I run now, because I want to. Not because I am going to have a race. I run because it makes me feel good.

Until yesterday, I found a new goal in life. I want to learn how I can make our money work harder.

There was an interesting business model dearie could have ventured into, only if we had that financial independence to. But we did not. I felt helpless because I wish I could tell him, if this is what you feel is right, then go and try. However, I couldn’t. because I know we still needed his steady stream of income to keep things going. I am not able to handle all alone.

Take up a part time job? Go back into tutoring?

It made me think about the knowledge I have gained from maf. What am I doing with those skills gained? How am I going to use those skills to work for us?

We have little to spare but we have to start somewhere. I have always shoved the idea of investing aside because I felt we needed that liquidity. However, to think about it, if I don’t start now, I will never start.

How much liquidity do I actually need to be comfortable? I keep saying liquidity but I never quantified how much. Is it not time to sit down and review where we have parked our money at. How and where do we want to park the future income? What is there around us which can help us grow our money?

Time to get out of procrastination and start work. I gathered from an ex-classmate that I will need to do a lot of groundwork and reading. With the little I have, I can start with penny stocks.

This is the new goal for me – learning how to make our money work harder. To read up to compute to analyze. To understand. To try. To start.

Now, that’s something a new pursue with UOL; they call it the university of life (quote from ‘an education’).