Life's too short to take it fast...
Life's too short to take it slow...
What do you think?
I've pretty much come down to the conclusion that for myself, life's too short to take it fast.
I wanna chill, relax. I really don't want to be rushing around all day. Nowadays when I go to Tanjong Pagar area to meet my friends for a meal or something, I feel that the place is soooo... rushed, everyone is busy... and yet for what? Doing things that have no real meaning but yet it gives them money. People dressed up in their nice office attire with make up on rushing around looking busy.
I know everyone provides a service, just that the way I look at work and people and being busy is just pretty different now.
And for me, I feel that spending a large bulk of my life doing something for an organization just doesn't cut it for me. For me, I think... I'm here for 80+ years. I wanna relax and chill, not work. Work is tiring. I'm not someone who wants a lot of stuff. I prefer to have less stuff and not work, as compared to having a lot of stuff and work.
Then there's the people who feel that life's too short to take it slow. They wanna do more things...
I do wonder what... Hey, nothing wrong with it... I just wonder...
Cos usually these folks are super busy... fill their lives up with activities, work, after work events, stuff like that.
Most of them aren't like Bill Gates, now, I think he's busy and he's doing really good stuff.
But most people I know are just chasing stuff, they work, they travel a lot, they buy a lot of stuff, they upgrade, but more or less, they live pretty much a similar life as me, except that I don't have so much stuff as them.
I look around my friends. Most are staying in HDB, some drive others don't regardless whether they can afford it or not.
Some are thinking about upgrading to a condo. Some are planning to stay in their HDB and not upgrade.
Most go overseas a few times a year.
Most have nice meals regularly.
The above is pretty much what a typical life is for a working couple... We pretty much are experiencing the above situation like most Singaporeans, even with me being unemployed.
Some have kids... they send their kid/s to childcare, they send their kids to multiple different lessons on weekends making both kid and parent super tired. Some have domestic helpers.
A lot of times, the parents don't have much time to spend with their kids.
We don't have kids, so no comment here...
And then there's the luxuries, a lot of people have special add on toys. Small perks, everyone has something special... well most people do... and this is where my life differs from a lot of people.
We have little toys. Our main sin is our car, travel and high tea.
I find that toys and quirky hobbies easily get out of hand. Cos they are unlimited, I call this leakage of money, cos a lot of time, most people don't know where the money has gone. I see my friends, they buy a small toy for their kids when they go out, it's affordable, just $30+. Just that they do it regularly, they buy costumes for their kids, sign up for lessons, they see something exciting in a Jappy store and buy it to try out this new uber udon/ramen/soba, with premium soy sauce...
Now, I'm not saying there's anything wrong with this. It's their choice, maybe it makes them happy having these experiences and toys.
I think that's why most people are kept "busy". To feed this part of their lives, the un-necessities. They may not even be classified as wants, cos they may just buy it without even thinking about it.
So when I think about the phrase, life's too short to take it slow...
I think... ok fine... I think it's reasonable. Cos we are here on Earth for a limited time only and we should hurry up and do the stuff that we want to do. So don't take it slow right?
BUT... (correct me if I'm wrong)... I think most people AREN'T doing what they really want to do. They are typically just working in a job which they feel "pays the bills" and their outlet is to buy stuff to destress...
Is this what it means by "life's too short to take it slow?"
Hey... I don't know... cos I came to the other conclusion.
I feel that life's too short to rush around. So it's hard for me to look at it from the other direction.
Cos I always wonder... what's the rush... after I took a backseat in life... then now when I go to Raffles Place or Tanjong Pagar, especially the MRT area...
I always think... What's the rush?!
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