SINGAPORE: It’s very easy to fall into the trap of thinking you’re falling behind in life. Just scroll through the internet, and you’ll come across dozens, if not hundreds, of stories about young people hitting milestone after milestone.
And you’ll probably sit there and wonder, “What have I done with my life?”
But one Singaporean recently took to Reddit with a simple reminder: just because life isn’t going the way you expected doesn’t mean you’re failing.
‘Dark days are temporary’
In his post, the man, who said he is in his 40s, wrote that “dark days are temporary.”
Sharing his own story, he revealed that during his first six years of working, he had zero savings at all, as most of his salary went towards paying off his family’s debt.
With a wife and three children to support, he did anything and everything he could to survive, including borrowing money left and right just to make ends meet.
From time to time, he also lent money to other family members, even though he was struggling himself because, as he put it, “We can’t choose family, blood is thicker than water.”
From surviving to financial stability
As the years went by, his financial situation slowly improved.
His monthly take-home pay eventually increased from S$2,000 to S$4,000 after CPF deductions.
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