@zkcrisyee

1 year ago

I 100% agree with this. But I would add there are two other main reasons people keep working a 9 - 5 they don’t necessarily enjoy, that I have seen play out way too often in my life: 1) Having kids unprepared, in an unplanned manner, way too young… or simply not thinking it through and not being in a good place financially in life before taking the decision. Then you’ve got no choice but to stick to something safe like a 9-5 in order to provide for them and so your family survives. People underestimate the time necessary to take care of young children, and there is often no room to take classes or learn new useful skills intensively, while working and parenting. It can take up to 8~10 years for you to be able to be more free with your time again and get back on track into developing your life anew and succeeding long lost dreams… since you have to spend the first 8 years of a kids life devoting yourself to them, else you are neglectful, will mess up the child forever and they will hate you for the rest of their lives. It’s one of life’s biggest responsibilities, yet too many people don’t wait until they are in a good place financially and mentally before jumping in an 17~18 year commitment, it’s crazy. 2) Health issues, sudden illness, etc. Some people get cancer, some discover a cardiovascular weakness which means they have to take it easier than most, some have chronic degenerative stuff like Stephen Hawking suddenly did, or lung problems, etc. There are health issues which can be prevented, like by not smoking, not drinking too much alcohol, etc. But some stuff happens out of the blue, to a minority of people of course, but it does happen. Those people cannot be blamed for wanting to hold on to a 9 - 5 or a safe job with recurrent health benefits, as they could easily worsen and die young if they don’t play it safe for some years, or at least until their health gets better (if it does). If you’re truly healthy and without children, without any huge responsibility or life event that ties you down, then of course I 100% agree with the advice in your video. Save up on the side and find a way to become more financially free and independent, have free time, be able to travel and work from where you want, etc. Count yourself lucky if you have no kids and no chronic health issues while young in your 20s. And use that precious time to develop and learn useful, lucrative skills in tech, business, medicine, engineering, or whatever is truly in demand today. You won’t regret it.

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