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Why do we obsess with salaries? Why compare?
By A Singaporean Stockmarket Investor (ASSI)  •  April 7, 2023
This is the first time I am doing this.
It is the transcript of a YouTube video I made recently.
People who prefer reading might like this.
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Regular long-time followers of my blog know that I have become very reclusive in my retirement.
 
There are many reasons why this is so. 
 
One reason is because I retired relatively early in a society where it is not the norm. 
 
This leads to some awkward moments for me even with members of the extended family. 
 
Like most Singaporeans I know, they like to ask the following question. 
 
"What do you do?" 
 
I would feel like telling them that I am a NEET. 
 
However, I am sure they wouldn't know what that is. 
 
So, I just tell them I am jobless. 
 
OMG! Someone only in his early fifties and jobless? 
 
Next question. 
 
"How long have you been jobless?" 
 
About 7 years. 
 
OMG! He has been jobless since his mid-forties! 
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