The Starbucks Effect

Hanging out at a starbucks and people watching, reading and planning a little for grad trip is kinda nice. Though of course, if one is feeling sleepy, the bed is sorely missed here. And on another side note, money flying out of the wallet is also another main concern. A starbucks cafe is kinda like a mish mash of various human beings. We have the ever mugging students, the small group meeting of 3 to discuss of business or gossips. The chit chat of 2 persons and the ever solo reader of books and the use of laptops.

Seems that starbucks have in a manner became the defacto place where the notion of exchanging ideas and the flow of ideas to be at. Its a little different from the feeling that one gets from those boutique cafes which serves unique and savoury coffee, the long preparation of exotic coffee beans where the customer sits back and enjoy the taste of the coffee and starts to zone out into his own world. Where he looks out of the cafe and be contented with watching the crowds roll by like the clouds in the sky.

And being in this place also kind of like put one in an introspective mood. Now at the cross-roads of life, the period where one transits from a student to a worker in the society. Of course, a lot of wonderful and naive thoughts came into the mind. Maybe I should write a book, be an awesome analyst, open a business, contribute to society in one way or another. Then reality always comes crashing down, like when the dream fails in the movie, Inception.

One kinda starts to wonder what are we actually supposed to do in this kind of situation. Like what jobs should I get?, do I want to get a job? should I be a brat and spend away money travelling? Should I go back to my investment roots? trading roots? sign on army? Like what Yu Dan in her "confucius from the heart" book wrote, the modern day humans have too much choices, too much decisions to make thats bring in the dilemmas in life. Its quite the irony isn't it? With greater choices, we have more varieties to choose from. On the other hand, too many choices, causes us with a headache on what choices to make. Similarly, here is a problem that I am also facing.

Of course, another point to note is that I may have sunk into the depths of laziness. Or what we would have termed it as the comfort zone. Life is smooth, no financial issues to seriously ponder about, have a steady flow of income albeit a small sum, have a roof over my head. The only major problem is a girl, but then again, its not really a problem because r/s issues are a part of life. As of now, money is not a major driving force in my life, but then again, nothing is really a driving force in my life now. A r/s use to be a major one before but now due to age/experience/whatsoever, its not that important now. And from what I been through before, it CANNOT be a major driving force in life. And so we are back at the proverbial question that is always asked by people: "WHAT DO YOU WANT OUT OF YOUR LIFE?'