[sgbuffett]

3yrs ago one of my friend had a heart attack and died suddenly

Prior to that he was putting in nany late nights working week ends and his priority was to get project done by deadlines. That was his work life do repeat, one week gone one month gone, one decade fly past and then one day...he was gone. I attended his funeral and now its 3 yrs after his dead.

Our lives we are often conditioned to think what we need and what we have to chase for. Companies and employers "motivate" you to work their plan and goals and they shape you to think these are your goals. Advertisers brainwash us to chase after the latest phones, buy big cars and we are brainwash to feel we need a bigger condo to be happy.

Govts and social systems make things unattainable so we run harder to cause it. If COE is too cheap at $80K it goes to $140K to make you chase. Companies pay structures consist of large bonus to make you compete against your colleague to get more bonus. Your day to day focus is shaped to think of ways to compete not how best to live your life. Such systems always evolve towards making you more and more  consumed with work and competition.


In Singapore we are lured into a certain way of thinking that many cannot break out of. 

How is it that after 5 decades we are unhappier that we ever were?

We don't seem to ask ourselves why we want in life..and how best to make  use of the limited time we have.