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This blogpost needs more sunshine, more Dram-refresh, like a 座右铭.
— Lee Hsien Loong said SG would zealously guard its competitive position. Singapore would lose the high ground to other countries after a few strategic missteps. I would say SG also need to protect the enviable covid19 situation, amidst worsening situations in most countries near and far.
Similarly, I now (2021) have a precious carefree ezlife to protect. We need protection against 1) strategic or smaller missteps 2) external threats and hazards
— during the pandemic
For the identiable protections, I’m willing to spend more money (+ some tcost) like tutors, relatively-healthy-but-expensive foods, nearby family outings (tcost),,. Make good use of the extra leaves.
- protect my precious family harmony and protect my bonding with boy —
- protect boy’s motivation, confidence, optimism — wordy problems are the most dreadful, basically clueless and hopeless
- protect my precious wellness condition — diet, dental, endurance, energy, drive ,,, combined to demand huge commitment in absorbency + time. This protection can be enhanced at some $cost such as yoga classes and fancy fruits
- Longevity of grandpa .. My health (more than my salary) is fundamental to the protection of dabao, meimei, ,,
- protect my precious job — the PIP-green zone, health insurance, extra leaves, and numerous other precious features, work-life balance,
- protect the satisfactory married life
- protect my precious brbr
- — some also-rans:
- ? productivity at work or self-study? may need to take a back seat?
- ? protect my carefree cash-flow situation. Perhaps should delay the U.S. plan
- ? protect my interview readiness? I think I will NOT lose it so soon.
— G9 short-term factors contributing to my current carefree ezlife, half-ranked by … the amount of “sunshine deserved”
- grades .. acceptable over the last 6M
- U.S. job market .. golden escape pod over the next 4Y.
- .. no immigration stressors
- marriage .. uneventful over the last 3Y
- family harmony .. reasonable after PSLE, over the last 6M
- .. screen time conflict ? unabated
- .. bonding with boy? improving
- blogging .. plenty of content and spare time, over the last 3Y
- salary and Brbr .. good percentile [SG cohort] for the last 2Y.
- workload .. one of the G2 short-term factors but less sunshine needed. Spectacular over the last 2Y.
- .. plenty of leaves as buffers
- my primary lang@FT_job enjoys stability+robust demand
- —- longer-term facto, beyond this question:
- HDB home .. low maintenance over the last 5Y,
- .. No pest, very few repairs
- health of entire family .. good over the last 2Y.
- .. good sleep, no overweight,,
- IV-prep battery .. body-building over the decades, which offers protection over the next 3 to 10Y.