Quote from: Barrykbest on Today at 10:01:17 AM

Quote from: batang_bitcoin on September 12, 2025, 08:46:50 PM

Quote from: Questat on September 12, 2025, 04:17:06 PM

In our country, this is the most common tradition or belief. While we're young, we were taught to study hard and finish schooling, and get a stable job. Because once we have already acquired a stable job, we will start earning and improve our lives. And create consistent progress, until we end up getting rich and enjoy the best things in life.

But I don't think we are getting align with it. Instead of working to earn and get rich, why are majority now end up struggling in life? Honestly, what I'm seeing right now is that we work to survive, not to make money and get rich in the process. Could this be the real possibility of life? Or we are just blinded by fantasies in life? Or is it because working alone is never sufficient enough to make riches in life, but we need various investments to achieve success and get wealthy in the long run?

I know different opinions and ideas may arise, but I'll be more willing to read and reflect each of it.

Because the system is broken and it's made for us to believe that we'll have a good life after we finish schooling and started to work. This is designed for the rich to get richer and the commoners to struggle even if we've gone through the process. So, there are jobs that workers are fortunate in getting paid rightly. But those that aren't, needs to work harder and look for more side hustles just to survive. The job market is tough and not only the wages are the problem but also the prices of the commodities and goods that we consume are dealt to inflate.

You made a very valid point. The system really is structured in a way that rewards capital more than labor, which explains why many who follow the study hard, get a job path still end up struggling. I think the real key is learning to diversify using your skills not just for wages but also for investments, side businesses, and developing assets that grow over time. This way, we’re not only depending on a single paycheck but building something sustainable for the future.

This is actually a big problem these days, people are just trying to get a job, they don't want to do anything else like bussness, they think that if they get a job, they will be completely successful, but they only depend on this job, they don't move on to creating more sources of income, which is definitely a problem. Instead of limiting yourself to just a job, you should try to build sustainable wealth through investments, side income opportunities and skills, because having only one source of income is the biggest risk, when you have different sources of income, then if one of your sources of income stops somehow, you will continue to get support from your other sources of income, but when you continue to depend only on your job to manage your life, if you ever lose your job, then you will face the biggest problem, Because that time you don't have other source of income.