Vacation mode enabled

Hello from Hanoi, Vietnam. I’m on my 3rd day here and I’m happy to say I’m finally settling into vacation mode. It always takes me a couple days to try to switch my brain off from the hustle and bustle of work.

For me, it’s a big mindset shift… going from moving and trying to get as much stuff done as fast as possible to relaxing and just enjoying doing nothing. For that reason, I’m glad I’m taking a much longer vacation where I’m able to take some days to adjust.

The current book I’m reading is “The Order of Time” by Carlo Rovelli. The book gained a bit of popularity on FinTwit and I heard about it when a few people tweeted out about how much their minds were blown after reading it.

I’m about a quarter of the way through and I am starting to have my mind blown. It’s one of those books where you just have to read it to truly understand it. The beginning of the book talks a lot about how time isn’t linear or as we think of it.

Most notably, it’s been proven that time moves faster in the mountains or when you’re in movement. Someone who is sitting still notices that time moves slower and someone who is moving notices that time moves faster.

My big take away after reading those chapters yesterday is that my life is moving a big too fast. I am constantly on the move - looking for the next thing to do. My life (or perception) of life is moving faster than others. That’s not always a good thing.