| Summer Leave So I stressed over planning for my 2 months leave in the summer, and then I gave it up because two weeks ain't enough to plan for that, I kind of like the feeling of being paid, the 2 months salary is substantive, my desire to leave public sector has subsided a great deal since I heard ppl in my field working from home, H1N1 being prominent, summer is too hot, pops wouldn't meet me in Asia at this time, no time to coordinate trips in Europe with people, got scared by pops that I will be depressed alone in foreign land after a while, supervisor doesn't expect me to take any leave in the winter after this. So, I will take a week or two this summer (Cuba and maybe France), and then maybe a month in Dec/Jan to Asia. The job thing, I am not sure if I am ready to give up Public Service. Reading MoneySense So it talked about people's Finance portfolio. Mine is 4/6 on house; 1/6 on stocks; 1/6 on guarantee investment account, ETFs and money for expenses. Simple, and I like it simple. Money is a funny matter. It gets 'funnier' for a person living in the Canadian capital, raised with semi-asian values. I see people around the world stressing over money, judging people by it, hurt themselves and others to accumulate as much as they can no matter how much they have. I should have a picture of a dollar sign on facebook and let people tag themselves onto it. The joy money brings must be enormous if people will do so much for it? They say it is for glory, if not for survival. I will have to add Fear into the equation. Fear of not being able to survive, and fear of being judged. MoneySense told me that we only need 500k per couple to retire happily. The rest of the money we make, is for glory and for feeding your fear. I myself don't find it that glorious. Besides, the people who will judge me by how much I have, will be dead by the time I could be rich.  Are we just being used by our society which instill these mindsets? instill these fear? eg. The more money people makes, the more expensive the houses are. So is the key, try to out-work your hardworking neighbour? I feel fooled. Dang it, my two months unpaid vacation... 15 ounces of fear away from being a free soul. |
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