Sahil Bloom

And so I would prefer to invest my time and energy into things that I have some degree of control over.

And if I don't have a degree of control over them, I want them to be super safe and basic and boring.

And if I don't have a degree of control over them, I want them to be super safe and basic and boring.

And so that's why I would, like, for me, the best plan is that.

And so that's why I would, like, for me, the best plan is that.

It's the personal things that I do that I have control over on the riskier end.

It's the personal things that I do that I have control over on the riskier end.

And then, like, I'm putting money into Vanguard, you know, S&P 500 index fund on the other side.

And then, like, I'm putting money into Vanguard, you know, S&P 500 index fund on the other side.

All of life is about deciding the price you are willing to pay for the things that you want.

All of life is about deciding the price you are willing to pay for the things that you want.

And what I would argue is that to perfectly optimize any one area of this,

And what I would argue is that to perfectly optimize any one area of this,

you would need to completely shut off every other area.

you would need to completely shut off every other area.

And some people do that.

And some people do that.

And most people that do that do it to perfectly optimize financial wealth at the expense of every other area of their life.

And most people that do that do it to perfectly optimize financial wealth at the expense of every other area of their life.

They lose all their relationships.