I read an article online about a 45-year-old middle-aged lady who resigned from a stable job in a state-owned enterprise that everyone envied.
She said in the article:
After reading the article, I felt sincerely and could feel that the author advocates freedom and pursues spiritual wealth. Although her current job can bring her a A good income, but after all, this is happiness in the eyes of others, but she feels trapped and unhappy in her heart.
Under this article, there is a wonderful message from a middle-aged woman who quit her job at a research institute and already has a senior professional title. She said: "It feels good to work in the company , but without self”.
In the past two days, I have been reading the autobiography "My Life" written by Elon Musk's mother, Meyer Musk.
Meyer divorced at the age of 31 and raised three children. At the age of 41, his career was booming and he just had a beautiful house. His eldest son, Elon Musk, wanted to go to North America and Canada to pursue computer development. Instead of looking forward and backward, Meyer chose to give up his current comfortable status quo and moved his family to Canada to start the second half of his life over again.
Meyer’s resignation came even more violently. She didn’t just quit a job, but moved from one country to another with an uncertain future. She even lost her luggage at the airport. Finally, when she went out to work, she had no choice but to wear her son Elon Musk's clothes, which made her dress nondescript. She had to explain to others again and again why she dressed like this.
But Meyer still developed very well in the second half of his life. After arriving in Toronto, Canada, he continued to study for a doctorate in nutrition, and became a cover girl at the age of 70, although he suffered many setbacks and painful failures in the process. , but these are temporary.
When faced with more choices in life, or facing one's true thoughts, as Meyer said: "Why not?"
These two naked words My eldest sister and Meyer are both people I admire.
However, it also takes a lot of courage to resign nakedly. It is difficult for outsiders to understand that a person quits a stable job in middle age.
There are also many comments under the article that are envious of this eldest sister. After all, in real life, firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea do not require money. Resigning means no income, even though I don’t dare to think about it. .
When I read this article, I laughed at myself in my heart, as if I had quit my previous job at the age of 44 and am now pursuing my dreams, reading and writing.
However, dreams must be pursued and real life must also be taken into account. It is best to have bread, poetry and distance. This is the ideal life.
Only after I got into the financial planning field did I truly understand the meaning and importance of life planning.
When I talk to many people around me about preparing for pensions, most of them dismiss it, thinking that they are still young and still far away from retirement.
In fact, living in today's society is so stressful. In the first half of life, we still have a lot of responsibilities to complete. Only in the second half do we feel spiritually empty and lonely.
If we had planned a pension when we were young and strong, even at the age of 45, I would be qualified to say that I can retire early because I am ready. future life.
Plan a pension in advance, just like this 45-year-old eldest sister. She is not afraid of resigning. Anyway, there is a stable amount of money there. At this time, resigning will give you more confidence and self-confidence. Allow.
When it comes to retirement, it doesn’t mean that you have to wait until you are seventy or eighty. As long as you achieve financial freedom, you can retire at any time and resign naked.
Of course, financial freedom does not mean being able to “do whatever you want”, but rather “not doing what you don’t want to do”.
If you plan your life in advance, you can calmly say: I can finally stop living the kind of life I don’t want to live.