Respect market supply and demand

In the countryside, there are more men than women, but the further you go up the social ladder, the more women outnumber men.

You simply feel that none of the men currently available in this world meet your standards, and those you do find attractive are never born in the right circumstances. What's wrong with that?

You've stuck to your high standards and strict requirements for half a lifetime, until you're in your 40s, and haven't met anyone suitable. That means there isn't anyone suitable; there never will be in this life.

If at this point, you suddenly lower your standards significantly, have you thought about the consequences? Dating a much younger "little wolf dog" who falls short of you in every way only leads to being scammed out of money. You've lived your whole life, reached middle age, and now you have just a bit of savings left—do you really want someone to take it all away?

Then what will you be left with? No money, only advanced age? How will you support yourself in old age?

If you marry a 60-year-old man, what are you looking for? His age? Or his poor hygiene? You might be able to tolerate it for the first five years, but once you're past 50, he'll be over 70—what then? Are you going to become his caretaker?

Think about it carefully. Is it worth it?

When you reach your 40s, which is right now, you should learn to remain calm and indifferent, and learn to let go.

Taking action immediately versus never taking action—each has its own logic. The only thing that makes no sense is acting against the rules, which is blind behavior and makes you a sucker.

There is no logic behind failing to buy when prices first drop, waiting until the market peaks, and then impulsively going long; or waiting until the market bottoms out, and then impulsively going short.

Life has no guaranteed outcome. If there is one, it's simply whether you approve of your choices all along the way. Doing what you want to do, in a way you endorse, that is the success of life.