SINGAPORE: Feeling burnt out and discouraged, a Singaporean man in his 50s has shared online that he no longer knows how to move forward in life.
In a post shared on the r/singaporespeaks forum on Friday (May 15), the man explained that he is currently out of work, believes employers are no longer interested in hiring someone his age, and has gradually lost touch with many of the friends he once considered close. On top of all that, he said he still does not have a place of his own to live in, which he sees as one of the biggest failures of his life.
“Can you believe it?” he wrote. “Such an important thing I don’t even have. Just owning a flat in Singapore is so unachievable…what more for a person like me.”
“I really want to cry, but the tears can’t even come out. I feel so sorry for myself. Don’t think my life can get much worse.”
The man also revealed that for a period of time, he thought he had finally found a way to turn his life around through “trading.”
“Trading was the one thing that gave me some hope. For a while, I was doing well, almost 100 days of zero loss. I thought maybe I had found a way back. Maybe I could live normally again.”
But the optimism did not last long.
He said one major loss eventually wiped out nearly everything he had earned.
