What is a Digital Nomad?

I was browsing through youtube last week and came across a youtube channel of 2 girls who became a digital nomad after a few months of travelling the world. The term "digital nomad" was not foreign to me but I have not come across anyone who are just starting to be a digital nomad and willing to share their struggles and journey with the world. Most of social media influencer just share the good life, their mesmerizing stories about their travel. to me, Beer For Breakfast (that is the name of their channel) is very honest and interesting. another thing that I find interesting is that, they are currently living in malaysia. You can check out their channel by clicking here!

It takes a lot of guts to uproot your stable life, quit your 9 to 5 job and just move to another country but there are many who have done just that. Many of those decided to make Malaysia as their base which is not surprising as our currency is cheap and the country is a developed country with friendly people, beautiful islands, unique cultures and delicious food plus high speed internet everywhere.

I told a friend of mine about digital nomad just to get her take on it and she shares my view. We would not choose to do what Justina and Micha (the girls from Beer For Breakfast) are doing. Perhaps we have been conditioned/program to the extent that we need stability and hard work doing 9 to 5 job could ensure that and the millennial are all about freedom to do whatever whenever wherever. They are a gutsy generations with so much potential if they could just focus their mind long enough on a task.

I have the privilege of working with millennial here in this company. By definition, I am also a millennial/Gen Y just an older version (maybe). You could find out what generations you belong to here. I read many stories where millennial  who joined a huge corporate sector right after graduation and quit in less than 5 years. There are many factors but my take on this issue is a double edge sword. Most corporate company in Malaysia is being lead by a group of senior managers (baby boomer of gen X) who are used to certain ways of things. Millennial are those who explore new ways of doings things and sometimes these 2 generation have difficulties in understanding each other. This different approaches may (sometime) create conflict and friction.

I really think that different generations could really learn from each other. Each generations has their own strength and weaknesses. Older generations need to realize that technology is changing every single day hence they need to change too for the sake of progress.

Demotivated

I just got back from Raya holiday. Not feeling the best about returning to work. I realised that the work is not making me happy. I guess stress at work is normal but the apprehensive feelings that I get just by being at the office is just not healthy i feel. The fact that I manage to gain a few pounds over the Raya holiday also making me depressed.

Now, my plan is to do is pursue those things that makes me happy. No matter what it is. One of the things that will surely makes me happy is travel planning. When I was at home, my mom and I watched a lot of tv. There are 2 documentaries on the middle east that fascinated us. One was shot in Turkey and the other was in Egypt.

I think, travelling to a Muslim countries would be fun since it is easy to find food and places to pray. Perhaps, I should focus on those countries for my next holiday with my family. Mom was up for it since she will complete her haj this year.

Writing this ease my stress a little. was planning to write last nite but I was too tired. I am still tired today but tomorrow is Friday.

Rejoining the Gym - Babel Fit TTDI

Its weird that I am updating this blog when I have not done much for the past week in terms of fitness. We are still in the fasting month. The fasting help in keeping my weight in check. if I manage to squeeze in a bit of weight training, it is actually a major bonus for me.

I am not sure why I am thinking of rejoining the gym. So I am writing here just to sort out my thinking process. You know how we, women, could jumble all our thoughts in our big box and got loss in our own thoughts. I don't like to be stuck like that especially if I need to make a decision. So basically this post is my pro and con list.

Before we get to the boring stuff let me just justify (to my self) why I want to re-join the gym:

1. the main, number one reason is that there is this new cool gym open up in TTDI call Babel Fit. Why am I so attracted to this gym? Apart from the gym is located in a cool looking building and the gym is design in a cool yet elegant way, it is also located in TTDI which is the place that I do almost everything. I go to night classes here, I prefer to have my meals here when I dont feel like cooking, there are many cafes if I feel like having coffee and cakes plus it is just a stone throw away from my place.

source: marie claire malaysia website

source: babel.fit instagram

2. it is not that I could not see the fruit of my hard labour slaving at my home gym. i feel like maybe, just maybe my progress could be sped up a little. I am seeing muscles and lines on my abs but I still could not get rid of my abs. I can feel it shrinking alright, I just bought a new pants and I tighten the old ones with a belt. Perhaps I am just a little bit impatient. When I joined a gym, I could see the result within a month. The result is drastic perhaps because I was a bit overweight at that time. Now that I have lost all that excess, the toning is taking a bit more time. Maybe if I join a gym, the toning part can be done faster.

Well I guess, I have just 2 reasons why I want to re-join. Now lets move on to the boring part. Why I should not re-join the gym.

1. Cost
Gym's subscription could get pretty costly. The average monthly commitment is $200 - $250. That is basically 3000 per year.  This point doesn't really matter since I can claim it from my company. Its just that my claim have an annual limit so I might bust my quota if I join a gym with a high monthly commitment. so let me strike this point out for now considering I may not need to subscribe to the gym membership for the whole year.

2. Time.
This is something that I dont have (maybe). If I decide to join, my only free time is after work. I am already committed to the night classes which runs every Tuesday to Thursday at 8.20pm to 10.30pm. If I just go every Friday to Monday, 4 days straight? Its workable. Its still worth it but just that I dont have any rest in between those days la. Can my body take it? I could also go to the gym straight from work then get to class after gym. Its going to be a very short session if like that.I could get there at 6 something, train for 1 hour and then prep for class. Also workable.

In short, I could do it if I wanted to. I can make it work. Depending on how much I want it la kan. Will visit the gyms after raya and see which one fits me.