The Rat Race

I came across this article by a fellow blogger, Bully the Bear, which resonates greatly with me.


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Have you ever wondered why you're working/saving so hard for?

To fund our retirement, our homes. So that we can be "financially free" one day?

But what does "financially free" really means?

It is not about who saves the most. Who can survive the longest with the least resources. Who have the most passive income. It is definitely not about living an extremely frugal life, giving up the things you want along the way.

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When we remove all these, we stripped down financial freedom to its essence.

It is when we reach the point that we are not concern about the pursuit of money anymore. We get a life where we don't compare with others anymore.

If in the end, you still benchmark yourself against other people achievements, comparing your incomes, savings, assets, etc... Then you haven't really achieve true freedom. You haven't got out of the rat race at all.

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"If in the pursuit of financial freedom, you're still bounded by the rules of the rat race, then what had changed?"

You're still a competitor, just that you're taking part in another event.