Our Rat Race

There's a saying which i read somewhere before, it sounds something like

"Even when you win the Rat Race, You're still a rat"

Do you want to be a rat all your life ?

Working hard, getting a promotion, earn more money, get a bigger house, drive a bigger car.

I'm not against you working hard and earning a better income for your family and lifestyle.

But if you spend all your life working very hard till the extent which you don't live your own dreams, even if you make so much money, how does you feel ?

Previously when i was an employee, i look at my directors, 5 digits salary, big house nice car, but they spend their weekends doing reports and analysing charts, spend their weekdays evening together with their reluctant employees having meetings.

I thought to myself, i don't think thats what i want.

Call me lazy, call me a bum.

But i hate the idea of me generating income for somebody to fulfill their dreams yet not fulfilling my own dreams.

Earning tens of thousands for people yet i only get such a small cut out of it.

I am somebody who wants to fulfill my own dreams and therefore decided not to get caught in our rat race.

However, there are people who enjoy working 12hours a day and throughout the weekends.

Unless you're telling me that's your dreams, ...
I'm not saying that you should quit your full time job.

Continue working hard, get promoted and a pay increment.

When you get your pay cheque, please pay yourself first.

And there will come a time when you can do with or without your day job.

So that someday when you feel that the stress is too great for you to take, or you doesn't have enough time for your loved ones, you can walk out of your job without impacts on your finances.

That's when you know you're out of the rat race.