Commitments

When I was a kid, I used to think that the only way to get rich is to start working. I always ask myself why do we have to spend so much time in school when we can use the time to earn money. As I get older, I found that we need education to earn big. Big as in few thousand dollars a month. I told myself during my uni days that I'm gonna get myself the things that I've been longing for once I started to work. I'm gonna get myself a new super fast computer, I'm gonna get myself this and that. However, when I started to work, I noticed that I'm still unable to get whatever I have wanted all this while. It's not that the things are no longer available or obsolete, but I have learned something new, commitment. Yes, commitment!

I believe every single adults have commitments, whether consciously knowing its existence or sub-consciously hiding behind it. This is the word that prevent you from buying Gucci, LV and Ferrari. This is the word that ties you from 9 to 5 daily. This is the word that keeps you longing for payday. According to wikipedia, Commitment means to show loyalty, duty or pledge to something or someone, and can refer to: read yourself .

So how do we define commitment in our life? Commitment basically depends on the involvement of ourselves in that particular commitment. The more that you're involved, the more significant the commitment is. For an example, you involve yourself heavily on your children's A-Z. You'll basically take care of everything that comes around your kids. But be careful not to involve too much in something which is shitty, else you'll be in deep shit.

So, what is my commitment? Basically a lot, but if you ask me to name a few, I'll have a tough time telling you one. I do not own a house, I do not own a car, and I do not own the keyboard that I'm using right now. But hey, where did my money go? Yes, every month the money just comes in to my account (the money that I got from being loyal sitting in the office from 9-5) and there you go, gone in 60 seconds. That is the commitment that I'm talking about. I do not know where my money goes, but I have to commit to myself so that I have money to flow out from my account.

Well sigh, I know many of you are bored with my rants, but believe me that's what happening to an average joe. And I believe there are many of you that share the same thought as me.