The retirement lie

[Leongsam]

 

[tanwahtiu]

Paid by CIA scaremongering old farts... depopulation again.

 

[nayr69sg]

Thanks for sharing this.

I agree with some parts of it especially the main message.

The idea for me is to live contented. Whether it is in retirement or working or studying.

There are too many videos articles and voices out there telling people what they dont have. Especially the money stuff. Oh here's how much I earn making youtube videos. Oh this is how much I earn trading stocks. Oh this is how much Elon Musl is worth. Oh this is how much you can make being an Amazon reseller.

All this stuff.

In the end what's so wrong with what people already have? Happiness should come from within. It is true. But there are too many voices telling us the opposite.

It is harder when you watch all these videos and see all these stories supposedly meant to "inspire" people.

I dunno. I wonder how many out there feel the same as me when I watch those videos. It is as if I am being told I aint good enough. I should be more like them.

What's wrong with me just being me?

Perhaps an idea for some writing in future on my part. It could be cathartic for myself.

 

[Leongsam]

Thanks for sharing this.

I agree with some parts of it especially the main message.

The idea for me is to live contented. Whether it is in retirement or working or studying.

There are too many videos articles and voices out there telling people what they dont have. Especially the money stuff. Oh here's how much I earn making youtube videos. Oh this is how much I earn trading stocks. Oh this is how much Elon Musl is worth. Oh this is how much you can make being an Amazon reseller.

All this stuff.

In the end what's so wrong with what people already have? Happiness should come from within. It is true. But there are too many voices telling us the opposite.

It is harder when you watch all these videos and see all these stories supposedly meant to "inspire" people.

I dunno. I wonder how many out there feel the same as me when I watch those videos. It is as if I am being told I aint good enough. I should be more like them.

What's wrong with me just being me?

Perhaps an idea for some writing in future on my part. It could be cathartic for myself.

I lived the retirement lie from 2015 to 2017. It was the worst period of my life.

 

[Sgpind]

I lived the retirement lie from 2015 to 2017. It was the worst period of my life.

In what way? I need to start thinking about retirement in few years.

 

[Leongsam]

In what way? I need to start thinking about retirement in few years.

I stopped running my websites and had no goals to wake up to every day.

For sanity's sake it is important to have responsibilities, goals and problems to solve. Without these life becomes meaningless.

 

[Sgpind]

I dont know if it might be a function of one's personality.

Some people are perfectly happy lazing around.

Some cannot stand it.

When I went on my honeymoon in Mauritius I sat on the beach for like 10 min. I was like WTF? Sit around do nothing is considered fun?

Not my kind of thing.

You can think.

 

[Sgpind]

You can think.

You know when you read about people and they say xxx person was a great thinker.. I am like .. yea me too.

 

[nayr69sg]

You know when you read about people and they say xxx person was a great thinker.. I am like .. yea me too.

Ask your son whether they still do those "thinking soldier" jokes in SAF. Lol!

 

[Sgpind]

They are not yet that age, but in 3 year time

 

[laksaboy]

'Saving for retirement' is one of those absurd lies constantly promoted by those so-called 'financial planners' and the Cheat People Fund.

You won't even know if you're going to die tomorrow, and you think there's a roadmap ahead of you.

Same for those grandiose 'masterplans' far into the future that those PAP technocrats are fond of publishing from time to time.

 

[Thick Face Black Heart]

I will be working till the day I drop dead from exhaustion

 

[sweetiepie]

KNN my uncle say lansai lah KNN the main vision for leetirement is to be financialee inleependent i.e so long you doesn't need to leeport to anyone and let anyone control your time that's alone is already the vision KNN

 

[kelvin]

@nayr69sg

Cheers....

 

[kelvin]

KNN my uncle say lansai lah KNN the main vision for leetirement is to be financialee inleependent i.e so long you doesn't need to leeport to anyone and let anyone control your time that's alone is already the vision KNN

Why lansai,
not chiak sai?

True, got money, got health.
But must have financial mangement over your money too.

 

[JustOneSingh]

Thanks for sharing this.



What's wrong with me just being me?

Perhaps an idea for some writing in future on my part. It could be cathartic for myself.

Bhai,


“Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you’ll be criticized anyway.

You’ll be damned if you do and damned if you don’t.”

– Eleanor Roosevelt



Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was an American political figure, diplomat and activist.
She served as the first lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945, during her husband
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office,
making her the longest-serving first lady of the United States. Wikipedia