The Long Way Around
"You could enjoy this very moment all the things you are praying to reach by taking the long way around — if you'd stop depriving yourself of them."
— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Today's meditation isn't really something I would immediately relate to our trading journey.
For us as traders it's all about making the right choices by sticking 100% to the rules/criteria for our strategies.
Don't try and fix something that is already working! There is no need to over complicate things, so keep it simple.
Yes we want the freedom and happiness that successful trading brings us and it is all down to the choices we make.
If we commit to what actually works for us, there is no need to jump on trades that may not work because they don't meet our criteria, that are other people's trades/tips, that are done on impulse and with no research etc. etc.
By doing this we are taking "the long way around" and this will only set you back and you will then ask yourself why you didn't stick to the plan!
Persistence, patience, discipline and the resolve to keep making the right choices, means freedom, happiness and satisfaction, are within your grasp. It's your call and it's entirely up to you, because only you can control it.
You can do it... You've got this!