在自己的時區中，自己永遠準時
大概是從去年開始，開始在生涯設計師中擔任志工，回答對生涯有疑惑的人，雖然這份工作沒有金錢的報酬，還很花時間，但我認為是一件非常有價值的事情。因為有人會因為我的回覆，而了解到一些可以思考的方向，畢竟如橋水基金創辦人Ray Dalio所說的，人生有兩大要克服的難題：一是⾃我和情緒(ego and emotions)，二是盲點(blind spots)，透過別人觀看的角度，可以發現自己思考的盲點。
每次的提問雖然是短短的100–200字，但我會去思考他的人生經歷、他的年紀、他的人生困境，和他的困擾，去分析他的個性、他的困擾，而我應該提供給他怎樣的思考方向，可以鼓勵他繼續向前。所以一開始我花2個小時以上回覆，到現在慢慢熟練，我可以控制在40分鐘到1個小時寫完鼓勵與建議。
最近收到一位群眾募資的經理的疑問，除了工作上的轉職思考外，另外是關於年紀的壓力，她已經34–35歲，擔心自己的工作仍然不太穩定、單身、未婚，把這些”標籤”往自己身上貼，讓她越來越迷惘……，我特別可以體會她的心情，社會總是會加諸非常多的標籤，在日本年過三十未婚的女性稱為敗犬,，在中國則稱為剩女，因為她的煩惱也曾經非常困擾我，後來自己也慢慢想開了，因為每個人都有自己的人生課題，有交往對象不見得生活有比單身生活快樂，結婚也不代表人生就此圓滿，我用一首詩鼓勵她，在自己的時區中，自己永遠準時:
New York is 3 hours ahead of California,
but it does not make California slow.
Someone graduated at the age of 22,
but waited five years before securing a good job.
Someone became a CEO at 25,
and died at 50.
While another became a CEO at 50,
and lived to 90 years.
Someone is still single,
while someone else got married.
Obama retires at 55,
but Trump starts at 70.
Absolutely everyone in this world works based on their Time Zone.
People around you might seem to go ahead of you,
some might seem to be behind you.
But everyone is running in their own race, in their own time.
They are in their TIME ZONE, and you are in yours.
Life is about waiting for the right moment to act.
So, relax.
You are not late.
You are not early.
You are very much on time, in your TIME ZONE destiny set up for you.
如同詩中所說的，放輕鬆 Take it easy，一定要相信自己，過好自己的時區, 在自己的時區中，自己永遠準時。
