During my trip back to Taiwan, I had dinner with my best friends (we call ourselves “Inglourious Basterds”). Everyone is becoming a bunch of middle-age guys. But, some of them have become thinner—I couldn’t believe it! I thought I was the only one getting fatter. I did a health check for my son’s school application and literally broke my personal record for weight. I guess I will keep breaking records all the time in the future.
It was really good to catch up with some friends while I was back in Taiwan. I would say the hardest part of living abroad is maintaining social connections. Sometimes I even think that in a parallel universe where I am still in Taiwan, I would probably be living quite a comfortable and satisfying life as well.
I am in the second half of my life. It’s more important to look inward. When you can no longer find the motivation from the external validation, perhaps it’s about stepping out of the spiral and taking time to ask yourself honest questions. Of course, there will still be a lot of moments of confusion. But hopefully, we can find a lifestyle we truly love and live our best version of life.
惡棍 Reassemble!!
這次回台跟惡棍約了吃飯，大家都中年大叔了，然後！盡然有人變瘦了！只有我變胖的樣子，我前兩天去體檢破我人生最重紀錄，可能以後會常常破紀錄吧。
蠻高興的回台都可以找一些朋友聚聚聊聊天，不然在國外生活，我覺得最苦的就是社交連結，有時會想假如另外一個平行世界的我在台灣的話，應該也是會過得蠻快活的吧？！
人生的下半場向內探索，當外在價值無法提供動力，或許就是跳脫螺旋好好花時間向內提問，但肯定的是也會有很多迷惘的時刻，願你找到喜歡的生活方式，活出你喜愛的版本。
