Few days ago, I met up with Haw Sim. I did mention about him in my past blogs. He is really the one peer that I really look up to. Most of our past meetings were to find out how each other doing. Same as our recent meeting. But he made a much better progress than me.

Last February, after the CNY, he resigned from his full time job. He is on his way to his financial freedom. Just in his mid-twenties, he has much accomplishments; he completed his master degree and still own a business and a tuition center. He is definitely on the right track. Comparing with me, I still "stalling" on my master, working a full time job and have much less zero in my account than him. Many of us (our friends and I) are just starting our career and working much more heavily than before. Some of us are working more than 12 hours a day for 6 days continuous.

For myself, I still need to go for 8 hours work a day for six days. However, my new job here is much less demanding than the ones I have before. The company is paying me good and taking good care of me. Slowly, I didn't realise actually I am enjoying my work. For most people, this is a good sign, but for me (and probably Haw Sim) this is really not a good sign. It is not the bad either if it is for a short run.

You see, I never want to WORK for the next 35 years. These are the words I told myself when I started working after I grad from Uni. Even though the company is paying me good, giving me good benefits and luxuries, it turning me like into slave to work for them harder. These money and benefit are like drugs; everyone get addicted to it fast. If the company takes back everything, life will be devastated.

The good thing about me is I meet and have a group of highly financial intelligent people to advise me. Making sure I am on the right track even though it will be slow. In these few years to come, my objective is only one; is to expand my asset column as big as possible. Discipline is the thing I need for the few years to come.

In the end of my meeting with Haw Sim, I told him that I will give myself another 4 years from now and I will quit my full time job. Then I can do what I want. Quietly, I envied his life now so much. Life will never be boring without a full time job. But I guess many will reluctantly to agree on this.