The society is becoming a very stressful place to live in.
Singapore needs to chill more, be less competitive, be less comparative. Our mental well-being, happiness and health are so much important than wealth, people.
The stress induced by the corporation rat race/salary / housing / cars is all not that important.
People say that change is the only constant, but they are wrong, everything in life changes, but there’s one constant, which is “death”. It is not worth giving your 100% into your work or studies after which someone suffer a burnt out or depression, just your 75% will do.
Give your quality time to those who matter, they will be the ones who remember when you are gone, not the corporation you worked at, your school, your car, your house or your bank account.
If it’s needed, quit your job, quit your school, don’t be afraid to try again, because those who matter don’t mind and those who mind don’t matter, they will always be around to support your decision because they know who you really are.
Remember to take a break!
Have a tea or coffee and have a chat with someone that matters, check out how they are doing and tell them hope they are doing well!
Here are what netizens think:
- Stress is inevitable. More importantly, is how u deal with it and become stronger. Avoiding your problems is probably the last resort
- This place is ok. Nothing stressful. It’s how you lived the ‘life’ to invalidate the ‘stress’ illustrated by toxic people around you.
- If there’s opportunity to travel to emerging markets, like China and Vietnam, and experience/witness the hunger of these people, we may find that in next 10-15 yrs, they will surpass us in almost everything we know of SG today. By the time we realised, we becoming an emerging economy then, and may find we are so laggy behind… US and Europe are already feeling it.. we’ll be the next ‘mountain tortoise’
- Huh? Maybe you can live that way because you come from a rich family, or you can access government support due to your academic performance. I think it is not stressful enough! Boring. Yawn