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Life is akin to climbing a mountain. The easy part is always the down slope. Whenever you are facing a problem in life, it means you are likely on your way up slope. Credit: sunrise666 It may feel like two steps forward and one step back many a times when we are going through life. As Martin Luther King Jr. put it: "...Whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward." We always face pressure from all around us and the first thing we do is we tend to find comfort in the things that we do. More often than not, these things that we fall back on do not help us move forward. The funny thing is about life is, although the pressure may vanish, it does not mean that they are completely gone from your life; and while money can always be replenished in many ways, the time and effort that we put in to earn it will forever be gone. In this one life that we live in, we must learn to handle pressure well. You must support yourself wholeheartedly no matter what because

I have learnt to live with the belief that all the things that each of us do in life are never in vain. Everything we have done in the past eventually led us to where we are now in the present. When we choose to accept or deny something in our lives, we are forming a frame on how we are living it. We get a college degree because we trust that it will  somehow  lead to a higher paying job thus increasing our standard of living. Choosing to help someone may fall into the frame of wanting to serve the people for the betterment of the community. We invest our money in hope that it will fund the things that we have always wanted to do. We may defy social conventions because we feel that the world should be free and not be bounded down. Fundamentally, all of us hope that everything that we do in the present will mould each of our future closer to where we feel is desirable. So, in order to find out what you want to do in life, take a snapshot of the life you ultimately desire and

Have you ever asked yourself who are you outside of your day job? Have you realised that very likely the only time when you bother to pen down something about yourself, it is probably updating your résumé listing out your past experiences working in a job that you thought would add some worthiness in your life? Have you also realised that probably when you talked a stranger up to get to know him or her, the first thing that is brought up, more often than not, will be linked your role in a job and the salary that is being drawn? Summarily, most of us seem to be "exchanging our time for money"  doing a job for a company that does not define you as a person.  This is very aptly depicted by the cartoon strip by Cat and Girl. Credit: Cat and Girl  So, let us stop wasting our time on working for things that don't matter to us deep down inside and start building your own future by defining your self-worth that is unique to each and everyone of us. Start by asking y

As I embark on my journey for the betterment of myself and the world, one of my plans is to get vested in what I call it as "My Freedom Fund".  Part of this journey is for me to share with everybody my frugal way of living as well as other ways to supplement my work income.  This Chinese Idiom, 開源節流, tells about opening new incoming source and reducing outflow. In order for me to optimally increase my wealth accumulation, I have to find ways to generate the wealth as well as reducing my personal expenditure. Hence, I started this personal fund, named "My Freedom Fund", at the start of 2015. I feel something is indeed missing with my life. I was not born with a silver spoon and certainly have no inheritance to take over from. When I graduated from a local university in 2013, I thought everything was all set in stone and  would be rosy . I was so wrong. At that moment, I was in debt with literally no savings in my bank account. I realise the need to have in

Labour Day, synonymous with International Workers' Day, is an official annual holiday in Singapore that occurs on 1st May. This is in honour of the mass workers in the workforce, inclusive of myself.  My ultimate goal is for everybody to celebrate everyday when you and I are alive in this world, not just to celebrate this day because we do not have to go to work. I know of many people who are working just to make ends meet but we need to acknowledge that life does not have to be this way. You yourself chose to ride down this path and only you yourself can make things right. Nobody can ever do it for you. Always remember, we have only this one life we are given s o let us aim for a future where we can wake up  and celebrate  everyday, not just the days when we are away from our dreadful work .  My personal rule of thumb: "Always validate your own life on your own terms. Do not ever let others define you because you are not their possession." Finally, whatever it ma