During the past couple of months, I have been trying to learn to cook. Needless to say, I'm loving it! There's some sort of feeling of freedom that comes with learning to cook, much like the same freedom of not having to think about work.
The idea of cooking whatever food I crave that day is liberating. I have been able to cook most Filipino foods like sinigang na baboy, tinolang manok, sinampalukang manok, adobo, bistek and fried anything.
What does cooking have to do with stock investing and early retirement? For one, preparation is key in cooking. Very much the same of accumulating your savings to prepare for investing. Two, the execution. Too early and you undercook your food, too late and you overcook it. It should be balanced. Just like in investing. Three, tasting is an art. You wouldn't be able to know if your food is ready until you taste it. Until you cook your own food. Watching someone cooks is good. Having someone tell you how is better. But your own experience is the best. Same goes for investing in stocks, you can go to seminars, pay someone to teach you. But nothing beats experience.
And after all the hardships in cooking, you get to enjoy a healthy meal with your family. Just like investing is once you reach your goal.
I'll be saying goodbye to fast food for now. Which will give me more savings for investing. For P140 pesos, I could cook a meal for 4 - 6 people. Plus pogi points for my special someone. For P140, you only get 1 serving in a fast food plus unhealthiness.
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