What gives you direction in life?

I’ve never had a perfectly clear answer to that question, and maybe that’s the point. Instead of chasing a fixed direction, I try to live in the present. 

I focus on what’s in front of me… the small, real things. I practice gratitude for simply being alive. The ability to move, to enjoy my hobbies, and to be surrounded by people I care about. These are gifts that I don’t take for granted.

But if I’m being real, I can’t say that gratitude alone is what gives me direction.

I’ve always believed that everything happens for a reason, and that where we are today is shaped by the choices we made yesterday. 

In my 20s, I lived by the millenial term, YOLO: You only live once. It was exciting, freeing… and most of the time, reckless. It was all fun and game until I made mistakes. Some of them, I regret.

But those mistakes? They became part of my foundation. They shaped who I am today. And I’ve come to accept that as long as I’m alive. Well, I still have the chance to make things right… to grow… and to move forward with more intention.

That same mindset followed me into entrepreneurship.

Building Abba Realty wasn’t about having everything figured out. It was about taking a risk despite uncertainty. The first 3 years running the business, there we’re no birthdays or holiday celebrations for me. 

At the back of my mind, I am just thinking that I have a fall back. I can become an employee from my parents business or simply join another developer looking to promote their properties if it didn’t pan out.

Just like in life, there was no guaranteed direction, no clear map. There were moments of doubt, decisions that didn’t go as planned, and lessons learned the hard way. But I chose to move forward anyway.

Because sometimes, direction doesn’t come before action… it reveals itself through it.

Taking that leap with Abba Realty was my way of trusting the process. Of believing that even if I didn’t have all the answers, I could create something meaningful through persistence, faith, and the willingness to learn from both wins and failures.

So what gives me direction now?

Maybe it’s not a single thing.

Maybe it’s a combination of gratitude, past mistakes, and the courage to take risks… even when I’m unsure where they’ll lead. Maybe direction isn’t something you find once and hold onto forever. Maybe it’s something you keep discovering, one step at a time.

And for now, that’s enough until this wordpress prompt asks me again in another time.