what is your WHY

I’m still thinking about how I will pursue this trading journey.  As Stephen Strange put it, the three common reasons why traders fail are the following:
a. Fear of Failure
b. Procrastination
c. Excuses

As I embark in this quest of finding my niche in trading I fear that I may not be able to do it consistently because my WHY is not strong enough to overcome my excuses.  I am afraid to do the work and too lazy to take responsibility to do what is needed to turn this into a lifestyle.  My life right now revolves around work, family, friends and more work.  Although I don’t want it to end that way.

Yesterday, I rode a Grab car going to the TRX Forum and I was inspired by this man who drove for a living now that he’s retired.  He’s fortunate enough that his son got a job in Google and yet he’s still working.  His other son is now an engineer working for ABS-CBN and he is still working.  His wife is still working.  He looks 50+ to me and he is still working.  “If I stay at home, no one’s gonna pay me” he said.  “I was not raised to be fed by my children when I retire” he added.   He is a religious man and he believed in God.  He worked hard and is still working hard as a full time call agent and a part-time Grab driver.  So what is my excuse? I can maybe teach this man how to trade and make better money in his retiring years

Today I picked my sister up from her friend’s house and tagged her friends along.  One of her friends lived near my best friend’s former apartment and suddenly I remembered how he started with humble beginnings.  He was not fortunate to have been well provided by his parents so he had to take responsibility for himself at his early stage in high school up to now.  I saw how he built himself up and developed himself and his career working as a freelance animator.  He did not have the luxury of a having a semi-well off family like me.  So what is my excuse?

I’ll rediscover my WHY in this 90-Day challenge I know I can make this work.  I have to make this work.

“Action isn’t just the effect of motivation, but also the cause of it.” – Mark Manson, Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck