It’s been a really hot few days in Singapore. Everything’s in this mess of “what are we to do now”. Housing mortgage loans went up, so everyone’s trying to get in with the government loans instead. The train services went mad for a weekend, and people couldn’t go home for some time. It feels like the world is shutting down.
But of course, that’s not really what’s happening. I think it’s just life being life. It’s been hard to really focus the past few days. I’ve been enjoying my freedom, and writing a bunch here and there, but just not on the blog. I’ve been enjoying typing on multiple keyboards again everyday. For the past year it’s been working on whatever I have that day, and not getting the whole range, but guess what! The freedom of not having a job means that I can choose to type whenever I want, with as many keyboards as I want.
One thing I realized recently, that I think is worth talking about, is that even when you become an adult, bullies are still around.
They exist in different forms of course. No one is going to wrestle you into a corner and force your lunch money from you. But something that does happen is that some adults feel as insecure as they did growing up. Maybe they feel even worse, because when we were all kids, we could still get away with childish behaviour. But if that was all we knew of our own sense of power and authority, then that becomes how we try to exert our influence on the people around us.
I’ve seen that happen first hand in the past few years. Adults behaving like children. Worst still, being non confrontational, and hiding behind their justified actions, exactly like when I catch children doing something wrong. Then as I scale to think, why in the world would people think that this is the right way to live, I realise the world actually encourages that behaviour. I see many world leaders doing that in one way or another. I see interviews, I see discussions, engagements, and the more you read about it, the crazier it gets.
But the point I think is essential is for each individual to be your own person and understand yourself. Having confidence is definitely a luxury that is invaluable, and no amount of money can buy that for you. The most that could happen is hiding behind that money, but then who are you after that?
So I hope that as you read this, and if you’ve come from keyboards to look for keyboard advice, nope, you’ve got some life advice instead. Don’t be a dick to other people, and learn who you are in life, as early as possible. Life does not get nicer to you in the long run, so just be nice to people because you can be sure of who you are instead.