Now, I don’t know if it would be right to go back home. I don’t think my career will grow in Thailand, but I just love the way I live my life here. This country is a slice of heaven on earth.

This is my first ever job (I’m 24), and I don’t know what my decision will be. At this age, I feel that I have to start my career already, something that I will do for the rest of my life. I know, this isn’t the job for me. But at this age too, I love the things I am able to do outside my work, especially traveling, something that I won’t be able to do when I go back home. I will also forgo my independence. I am really having a hard time making a decision. I really wanted to follow my heart, but yeah, which part of my heart will I follow? I don’t know If I made sense here, but I would appreciate any thoughts you have right now.

I love your advice and your style of writing. It’s like listening to a real person tell a real story and pulling it altogether to make sense.

I too have been what I like to call a “victim of traditional values” – trying to do the right thing according to what everyone else believes we are supposed to do. People get married because thats what their parents did. People get caught up in mortgages they cannot afford because they don’t feel like they are the “portrait of success” unless they “own” a home. Every time some huge appliance breaks or something goes wrong in my rental like the AC or an electrical or plumbing problem arises, or my landlord receives a fine or new tax hike, I rejoice over the fact that I don’t “own” my home.

In other words, another person’s happiness may not necessarily be your happiness.

Thanks for the great articles!