Watapple Mental Health Education Wellness

Category: finance

  • Pokemon cards

    What’s the coolest thing you’ve ever found (and kept)?

    I like to buy them in packets and opening them because you never know what is going to be inside. It is the unknown that makes me excited. In a way it is good for mental health as it keeps the happiness going.

    But some cards in the packets can be worth something so you also get your money back in a way or even more.

    I like to collect them for the artwork and the type of Pokemon because I used to watch Pokemon back in my days and this fulfils the nostalgia.

    But who knows… I may sell them or just keep some until my death just for the funtimes in cards.

  • Being useful to society

    No doubt when you think you are useful, then you will think you are useful.

    There are always jobs and things to do in our community while getting incentives. The incentives are what motivates us most of the time. Incentives can be a form of money or something that satisfies our cravings even when we give something in return. It does not have to be a form of money but money is what gives us a reason to live most of the time.

    Being useful can come in being a blue collar or white collar worker because everyone has a role to play in society. It is not like we can multitask only if the business is small enough for you to handle.

    Of course if you want to expand and make more rewards then you will need to sacrifice a bit in order to get the bigger reward. The reward can be money or legacy in which can be passed down in generations to come.

  • Use of leverage

    In our mental health I guess money is usually a factor into our well being. It is good to get educated about money not finance but money itself. Finance is mostly theory but does not teach you how to multiply your money.

    There are many ways to leverage your money, it could be a form of house, stocks, cryptocurrency or any other illiquid items like Pokemon cards or silver, etc.

    Being able to use leverage and having backup options to always have work makes you unstoppable because you will always have something to do instead of being at home scrolling through your phone. But leverage is being able to take risks at first because in a way, everything is a risk.

  • Knowledge based improvement

    What podcasts are you listening to?

    I mean there are a lot of improvement based podcasts. But any podcasts that provide value to myself, get a listen to. Even when I listen to them ads popup so, I sometimes just let the ad sit in the background so the podcaster can make some extra buck.

    As for the podcast I listen to is mostly about finance but a mix of economy, self improvement like details of how to find purpose in this world and keeping up with the modern society podcast based.

    Listening to podcasts helps me portray the society in a different light and helps me get my head out of the sand and think more rationally in a business sense. It also helps to listen to some environment green theme podcasts as it helps to understand the broader view of society of what I am trying to achieve in mental health.

    With not as much resources doesn’t include money but mostly manpower for my purpose, because my business model is a bit complicated. It is mostly making everyone work together. While I do have some form of manpower, it would be nice to have something behind me in what I want to achieve but maybe I could leave that until my future me.

  • Economy crashes

    What historical event fascinates you the most?

    I am always fascinated by what causes the economy to crash. When there is a crash there is always fear and panic which everyone tends to overreact. I guess it is understandable to overreact because we tend to fear for our lives but we are all going to die anyways so might as well live our best lives as minimally harmful as possible to gain some experiences.

    Also when there are crashes there are always new opportunities within the circle like new businesses popping up or just taking advantage of the crash like in the market.

    But what we should do is support one another so the economy stabilises.

  • Getting a hobby

    When life gives you apples, like a job that kills our soul sometimes we have to push through especially when we are young. When we are young like in our 20s, we are getting to know the community around us in real life so that is why we should get a hobby that does not break the bank.

    We do not have as many responsibilities but we should get something that we like and looks good and it appreciates in value overtime. Maybe we should not be as money hungry but to learn what is around us as to make it easier for us as we age.

    Right now at 31, I am feeling the amount of energy I have and I do not feel as invincible like I was in my 20s.

  • Create wealth for fun

    We see a lot of people fear selling or fear buying products off a retail shelf all because they want to make money or fear of missing out. I guess it is understandable but sometimes it destroys us because the world or society is still going to continue on without the human destruction which I think is mostly psychological fear.

    If we do have some money to throw around when we are of older age then I guess it is a way to support businesses which they are profiting off your fear. But we do need to look after ourselves too, through allocating an amount to an investment.

    In that process we should have fun in the process such as having a hobby like collecting things that give you a sense of purpose or just something to look at after a hard day’s work.

    When we are young like in our 20s or 30s we should allocate some money into investments while still having fun in the moment because there is no point of going frugal until older age because the world changes everyday whether you like it or not, well… Not as subtle with the age of the internet.

  • Learning to let go

    What are you most proud of in your life?

    What I mean by letting go is not putting my eggs in one basket. Of course there are some products that do have emotional value which I collect for fun that I make sure to not break the bank or make me starve.

    When we do not have as much exposure we tend to stick with a thing which tends to go downhill usually. I had to do some reflecting to not rely on one thing to make me happy.

    I talk about this in my previous blogs where one reliability is temporary but mostly relying on more exposure to create more happiness.

    Happiness can come in the form of wealth, emotional and spirituality. I guess when it comes to the 3, patience is the way to go.

    Similar to photography, we should be exposed and open minded to a variety of things

  • Fads

    What I mean by Fads are the unpredictability of products or hype. Just like Fads, it is similar to being your own boss because when you are your own boss, there are unpredictable customers or cash flow.

    This makes life interesting in a way as you do not know when money is coming or you meet different customers at different times.

    This can come in when you are opening products when you do not know if a high value is inside or not because you do not know if there is a rare thing inside. This may be a temporary boost to depression to happiness at a cheaper cost.

    Like opening packs, never know if there is a rare inside to make you wealthier!

  • Giving

    When you think of the word “successful,” who’s the first person that comes to mind and why?

    I do think success is taken out of context as it is mostly about money and looks that is portrayed in the media.

    But of course money does make you successful but it is mostly about solving a problem in society most of the time. I mean success in my definition is the ability to leverage your time.

    We can only work for so many hours as there are 24 hours in a day so mostly time as you get older is more precious than money. Of course when we are young we are still finding ourselves in the world but we have to stop and reflect on how we can use the time more efficiently.

    Success should be a definition where you can fight for another day because society will not stop for you.

    Having fun while fighting