Passion vs Practical

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For those who are not born into more well-to-do family, the hard and sad reality of life is to focus on practical 1st, rather than passion. Some may even be hit earlier than others and have to help out in the house while both parents work long hours just to meet basic needs. The moment they are old enough, they have to help pay family expenses through part time or even full time (ie quit school) jobs.

Singapore, after all, is one of the most expensive cities in the world. Neither do we have the choice to move to a cheaper countryside area like bigger developed countries.

So, if you are fortunate enough not to worry about your living expenses, by all means, go for your passions. The ideal is of course to marry both passions and practical but how many of us out there really have the luxury of such a choice?

In my case, I belonged to the not-so-fortunate class. I had to work to earn my own tuition fees 1st before I could even enrol for tertiary education. Subsequently, I worked, save and invest hard so that I can now have a lot of choices to indulge in whatever I fancies.

If you belong to the luckier class, I guess it can be hard to believe or even understand what the less fortunate had to go through. It may even seem funny to some that others don't even have a choice in the earlier part of their lives....

Agree, some don't even have the luxury to think of passion.