Practicing gratitude: A very important pillar for FIRE (financial independence retire early) and for life…
Death Valley National Park, California Maya Angelou: “This is a wonderful day I have never seen this one before.” As the war in Ukraine is going on for over a year (and counting), I can’t imagine what the Ukrainians must be going through, to try to survive day to day. War seems so old school, something out of a history book, yet, here we are, talking about a major war in Europe. Each time I hear about the war, I think about the bombings (in frontline but also civilian infrastructures), the children rounded up and forcibly settled in Russia, and the devastating hardship each citizen must endure. When you’re living in a wartime Ukraine, life must be hell. There’s probably the daily struggle to find food/water, grieving for loved ones lost or missing, and hoping to just survive today for a better tomorrow. The uncertainty, the despair, but also the seething anger at Russians, must all be incredibly taxing. Looking at the war from a distance, and knowing how difficult it must be for