When 5 Feels Like Enough

I took the screenshot to participate in the event by @TigerEvents. That was the whole mission. Click, screenshot, submit—done. Simple.

The wheel proudly showed return goals ranging from 5 all the way to 1000. A beautiful spread of possibilities. Hope, ambition, and unrealistic expectations all neatly arranged in a circle. And when I checked my screenshot? It stopped at 5. Of all numbers. Five quietly sitting there like, “Yes, this is what you get.”

For half a second, I thought, wow… is this a sign? Then I remembered—this is just a screenshot. The outcome doesn’t matter. The rules didn’t say I had to land on 1000 to win a Nobel Prize in Investing. I just needed to screenshot. Mission accomplished.

But the thing is, five isn’t bad. Five is still forward. Five means you’re moving, not crashing.

If there’s one thing I want to tell myself when looking back on 2025, it’s this: be grateful. Be grateful whether stock prices go up, go down, or decide to test your emotional stability. So many things in life are quietly working in our favor—health, time, stability—yet we treat them like background noise while obsessing over numbers on a screen.

We often want more money, more returns, more proof that we’re “doing well.” But the wanting never really ends. There’s always a higher number, a better outcome, someone else’s highlight to compare with. At some point, we have to stop and ask whether we’re chasing growth—or just chasing dissatisfaction.

So no, the screenshot outcome doesn’t matter. Five, fifty, or a thousand—it’s all just part of the game. What does matter is remembering not to take things for granted and not to let money become the only scoreboard of life.