In Singapore, there’s a funny pattern.

Bring a friend to a food place you love, and they’ll say:
“Next time, I’ll bring you somewhere better.”

And when they finally do, they’ll shrug:
“Last time was better.”

The present moment?
Never enough.
The past was tastier.
The future will be a desire.

But step back and look at the bigger picture. Food choices have exploded, infrastructure is world-class, life has improved by almost every measure. And yet, people cling to the reflex of comparison, hedging, and nostalgia.

You see the same mindset in contracts. Two-year lock-ins. No-refund clauses. “Remaining months multiplier” penalties. A system built on guarding advantage instead of honoring presence.

It’s a cultural scar from scarcity. Yesterday was never secure. Tomorrow is never promised. So the present can’t be trusted.

But in art and in teaching I learned the opposite truth.
What you do right now is enough.

Not “next time better.” Not “last time was better.”
The keystroke, the shot, the note you hit today, that’s the work that carries you forward.

That’s the ethos behind Alpha Chromatica.
And it’s why I started saying to myself and others:

I am enough.
I do enough.
I have enough.