your say...sedentary life

For most people, money makes the world go round. The rich just want to be richer while the poor strives to survive and dream of being rich, thus the relentless effort to earn does not cease. Some people earn through hard work while others through crime and injustice as long as it's the easy way. When I thought about it, I realized how simple life would be if one only gets his/her basic needs, but I guess ambition have to ruin it for everyone, or most of us. We aim for better things, better lifestyle and all. I am happy that you are able to live your life in this manner you descried now, just relax and contented.

Hey there wong! That's great that you have calculated your future...in the financial aspect I may say. I am a mom of a boy at 6. I guess, I have to work as hard as I could. I make use of any available time that I have to make money. I am an office worker during the day and I do online jobs at night. It's kinda busy but I never lose the chance to find time for myself with friends. I sometimes go out with friends to chill out and relax. Drinking a little, enough to put me to sleep and wake up rested the next day. People who work more than 8 hours a day need some time to relax. Often times, we have the tendency to absorb the stress and tension from work. If we cannot discharge this from our systems, we would not be able to start the next day right. For me, it is very essential to take a break and smell the flowers in the garden every once in a while.

Hi, Nice move there, to save while possible. Seems it eludes me how to do it, for now. If I could have your method, I would gladly do it. The nearest thing to investing for the future I am doing now is for my two children have a good education to let them make their own future. That way, I am confident to see them someday on their own, and hopefully, provide for their families as well.

hi,wow so you calculated everything,ans working accordingly, that's really nice dear. I never did it, till now, after reading your discussion i am thinking of the same. I think i have to seriously work on it from now on. Thanks a lot for the inspiration.

You are quite an amazing person to have sat down and calculated your future like that. Remember though that this is just a calculation and dependant on things staying the same for all the years until you are 55. At present people I know who had everything sorted out are now taking a drop in their salaries, having their pensions cut back and watching the cost of living rise. It is good that you are relaxing now and enjoying yourself a lot more, we all have to live a little more and work a little less if we can.

Right now I don't have a job and spends most of my time online looking for online jobs, so I can say I'm just sedentary most of the time. But I still don't have that much time for myself, I can only spend a little time alone for myself because I already have a baby to take care of.

In the mad race to earn money, most of us loose perspective on why we are earning money. Money is very important to enjoy the luxuries of life. In fact a totally sedentary life is a life wasted. However, beyond a point money has no purpose and if one works to earn more and more they are defeating the very purpose of earning. I try to work for passion as far as possible, but this is not always possible as a passion that does not pay adequately is not a profession but a hobby. What I do is calculate the amount I need to live a decent life, double that amount for contingencies and the unexpected and stop working when I reach there. It is after hard toil that one can really enjoy a sedentary life.