A leaf from my philosophy of work and adulthood..
Work so far has been great. Been learning a lot on IT stuff and communicating skills along the way. Wah. It is only when you start working that you realise that those thick sets of textbooks and lecture notes in those years of schooling can't get you any closer to the "university of society", where you actually get to learn about the working life, and that you truly experience reality.
Try calculating it. So you probably start studying around 5 years old. And graduate from university around 25 for instance, you only study for 20 years or so. (let's talk about the average student here, ceteris paribus) A greater portion of your life is dedicated to work! And now that the retirement age is raised, I think it is certainly going beyond 30 years of work. And that is provided you are earning enough to 'enjoy life' for the later years after those years of hard work.
Stepping into the workforce is an eye-opener. For instance, my job requires me to speak to bosses/CEOs/managers, etc directly. I think I'm slowly grasping the 'boss' language. Bosses have a distinct set of thinking and mentality that are easy to identify. This is what I would term the "Boss mentality".
It's funny. I don't know why I'm rushing to be an all-knowing adult when I used to have friends to tell me that I should enjoy my youth. I guess it's partly also because I wasted quite some time previously, having retained a year in JC already, and also not working for nearly a year after NS. Gosh. Saying all these really made me feel a bit ashamed of myself.
But well, I'm a man after all. No time for regrets or whatever, cos I believe that I have to cherish the present and look forward to the future. So, am really looking forward to be a better man!
Financially wise, I am still trying to START saving up funds.. which is obviously not going too well at the rate of what I'm spending on. Haha.
So when will I receive my first paycheck?!
Patience is virtue. I am really understanding that.
1 comment:
Hi CS,
Good to know that the job is an eye-opener. Haha the boss language, I wont mind learning that...
Saving is no doubt important. I guess most people start saving only when they have their first stable job. I am not sure if you consider this your first stable job, but it is good that at least you bothered to give some thought to saving up :)
Keep up the good work at learning "boss language". Jiayou!
SG
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