First 35 years I was ok with being alone, but then the game has become same patterns, generally same stats, my desires to keep working on new stuff has faded. I have become rather numb to something I once loved. Got engaged and have traveled often had not changed my desires to return to trading. I think when one has achieved goals set, might be good to revisit past hobbies you didn't have time. I go to gun range twice a week, am way off where I was ten years ago, but at least been looking at charts.
Let's keep that line of thought going. It is good to see that an approach of this kind is attractive to some.
London is within few hours by train. I have tried serviced offices near me and the vibe was simply not there.
Maybe, but psychoanalysis is a a tricky thing and not the lowest hanging fruit. You can hypothesise that my sex-free teenage years are to blame perhaps, when I was more interested in books and comics than other kids. But all this is meaningless today. We are who we are and 1% incremental changes are our best bet(s).
ha! Went out on a "date" with the wife last evening and we discussed this thread. We agreed to go away for the full month of august on a road trip. Something we had never done before. Something to look forward to and work towards.
maybe you are right - perhaps the adrenaline rush of not getting caught is where most of the excitement is. But surely a temporary fix at best with a highly asymmetric risk/reward.
My capital is about 45x my annual expenditure. You can crunch the numbers and reach any answer you want as I am not 100% how to answer with honesty. p.s. I may be confusing loneliness with boredom. Perhaps the latter is a better descriptive word. p.s. 2) what I do is arb. butt not in the delta neutrality statistical sense. I just connect the dots from SEC fillings when I see them, but am still exposed to cognitive biases of course.
Loneliness is a state of mind. You could be surrounded by 1 million loved ones and still feel lonely; it doesn't matter How you in particular feel. Not everyone is you. He states he has a wife and 3 kids. Creating, having purpose and seeing your creations grow can certainly help that state of mind which in most cases is really something stemming from depression. I totally understand what you are saying by the way. I'm not a phycologist nor do I play one on tv. Good luck @tonyf . I hope whatever you do helps you on your journey.