small indulgences.

even a simple box can be an indulgence. 

i'm a firm believer in indulging yourself.

learn as much as you can,
work hard, work your ass off,
earn loads, and indulge yourself.

...then do it all over again.

one of my role models is andy weir.
for those who don't know, he wrote
'the martian'. yup, the movie is from it.

he has a day job (forgot what it was),
and he wrote parts of the book as a hobby,
posting sniplets on his website, for people
to read for free. and then interest grew,
so he started posting on another website.

but since he can't post things there for free,
he decided to charge the minimum (99 cents),
just so his readers are able to continue,
then the scientific community got involved,
giving him feedback and ideas regarding
the scientific facts he wrote about, so the book
became more and more realistic and accurate.

and now 'the martian' has become a worldwide
bestselling novel, and as you know, it's been
made into a movie starring matt damon.

so you can just imagine the royalty paychecks
and just how his life must've changed, now
that he has become famous and successful.

and you know what? he actually did indulge
himself, but not in a way you would expect;
he gotten himself an actual martian meteorite!

and this is what i read about him. i quote;

"...for someone who has won his equivalent
of the lottery, his indulgences so far seem to
have stopped with his martian meteorite.

his home in mountain view is a two-bed 
maisonette he rents from a friend.

there is a life-size cutout of buzz aldrin
in his spacesuit on the wall leading upstairs.

shelves stacked with board games and bottles of 
spirit (apparently hosts game and cocktail parties),
and just enough room for his two much-loved cats.

'...it's close to all my friends and family,
and i don't really need much more than this...',
he says, adding that although the royalty 
cheques are really big right now, 
he doesn't want to rely on them continuing..."

i think that is an excellent example of success.
it's achieving what you dream of, getting rewarded
for it, indulge yourself a bit, and keep grounded.

i respect that.