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What's your biggest source of stress right now?

Umm...

I guess the usual, money.

Singaporeans are...

consistently all striving to do better.

So, if you don't look successful on the outside, right, people kind of see you lower in terms of social status maybe.

Do you think money can buy happiness here in Singapore?

Hmm...

Hey, it's Kay from Asian Boss.

Let me ask you something.

Does having more money actually make you happier?

Singapore is one of the richest countries in the world.

But in 2025, it just got knocked out of the top spot as the happiest country in Asia, according to the World Happiness Index.

So what happened?

Let's hit the streets of Singapore to find out how happy are everyday Singaporeans really.

Let's go.

This is a bit of a random question.

how happy would you say you are on a scale of 1 to 10?

Nowadays, maybe a 5.

Yeah.

Why 5?

Interesting.

Why do you say that?

I just feel like recently I've been really tired, like from work and I guess just life in general.

I'm in my late 20s.

So I just feel it's been very tiring in life.

So I would just rate it a 5 right now.

On a scale of 1 to 10, maybe like 7 or 8 I guess.

I think it's about 7 to 8.

How about you?

How happy would you say you are on a scale of 1 to 10?

9 out of 10.

Why do you say that you are 9 out of 10 happy?

Because school is fun and on weekends I get to do fun stuff like going to shopping malls.

I would say generally I'm around an 8 but this is not every day okay on average

interesting why why do you say that?

I guess

because I've learned to kind of see the silver linings you

know like appreciate the small things every day I wouldn't say

all along I'm very happy person obviously I went through like 10 years of very unhappy times and then Yeah,

I feel like now I'm able to really see the small little joys in everyday life.

Singapore just dropped from being the happiest country in Asia on the World Happiness Index.

Does that surprise you?

No, actually, it doesn't surprise me.

Yeah, I think because you see less

and less people who are gracious nowadays like even on the train

when I take the train to work you know you get pressured even

when you sit on like the priority seat without getting judged I think that's a really bad indication

that you know if people are just not happy

and yeah in fact I'm surprised that we are yeah

but I'm surprised that okay I mean honestly I'm surprised we are one of the happiest first

but have you seen it drop i think is uh in

you know in the stock market they call mean reversion right yeah

so this is actually mean reversion we are going back to where we should be

so i don't know how that index was calculated

but i'm guessing in terms of national security

and like safetiness in like the country we are generally quite happy

but i feel the people around me are always like tired they're just like running the red race

so I'm even I'm not surprised we dropped but I'm surprised we're even the top country.

I guess it could be overall the world is a lot

more turbulent than it has been with you know all the social unrest the wars

that have been going on economically it's not looking too good

and things are getting more difficult in that sense

so people might be feeling that pressure you know it's a bit harder to find that job,

things are getting more expensive and so that pressure does add to that sense of this satisfaction.

Do you think money can buy happiness here in Singapore?

I think it can buy you certain happiness

but let's say I would say like short-term happiness for example

when you're able to afford something you know I feel like you feel

that short burst of happiness but then after that it dips.

How do you think helping others this way contributes to your own happiness?

Yes, I think one thing that's very not talked enough about is the fact

that helping someone else does increase your happiness, right?

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Now back to the interview.

When you're helping others, like, you also tend to feel, or like, tend to feel more grateful about your own situation.

Like, you see how, like, other people are and then you feel blessed yourself.

And I think that contributes to your own happiness because seeing other people's situations,

right, and if they're somehow not as privileged as you, it just makes you, gives you a different perspective.

Yeah, makes you feel more blessed yourself, and I think that contributes to happiness.

Do you ever do something for others, whether it be helping the local community or those in need?

I helped the grandma this morning.

I helped her grab her grocery back to the bus stop and I sent her off to her stop.

Yeah, I think whenever I can, I do.

But it's also mostly because I receive that a lot from strangers too.

Like people tend to help me just to stop a bus or like stop an elevator.

Kindness is everywhere actually when you look at it.

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So when you receive it, you should give it.

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And what's your biggest source of stress right now?

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I guess the usual, money.

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I mean, usually I'm worrying about how am I going to pay the bills,

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cover the bills, how am I able to retire properly next time,

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and how am I going to support my daughter, am I being a good parent?

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That's the usual stress.

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How stressful is your life on a daily basis?

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um i uh i think it's quite stressful uh

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but to be honest like at this point just like i just suck it up

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and do it

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and i find ways to relax um i don't take it

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too seriously yeah uh i think you know just to chill out

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and find pockets of time to just space out i think um makes it okay yeah

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but stressful yeah then what is the biggest source of stress that you face right now in your life

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It's probably like a longer term thing.

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It's not really currently about like the current this year or the next five years.

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It's probably what would I get or how would I feel when I get a bit older.

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What's there for me and what's there for everyone who are around our age.

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Because probably our generation is going to face a lot of different issues versus our parents' generation.

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So that's the long-term uncertainty that probably may stress me a little bit, but I think it's too far away for me to actually worry about it.

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Uncertainty?

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Yeah.

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Maybe sometimes when you are trying your best, there are things that are within your control, right?

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But then there are also things that are not within your control.

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So then you overthink it, like how things are going to pan out,

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and hopefully things that are uncontrollable can actually pan out the way you wish that it can.

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So the uncertainty and the fear of not getting what you want causes that stress.

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I think the biggest loss for me right now is just getting a house

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and wondering if the current job that I have right now, the current pay grade that I have right now, how long can I sustain on that? and managing my expectations.

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If I want to live a better standard of life, I probably need to hit a certain standard of pay grade in order to support myself.

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And it's not just supporting myself, supporting my family as well, my loved ones.

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So I think money is the biggest stress for me.

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Not exactly the job, but trying to manage the money right now.

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Do you ever feel like you're stuck in the rat race?

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Yes, definitely.

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Although I'm not doing the usual rat race because I'm actually a freelancer myself.

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But yes, I feel the constant pressure to do very well.

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I'm actually in the content creation industry and I feel that all the more my life is out there in the open, like how well I'm doing.

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You know, like it's out there for everyone to see and judge.

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So yes, definitely.

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Currently I'm in university, I'm a year one student.

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I wouldn't say I'm in a rat race yet, I'm not in the working world, so I can still enjoy some downtime and whatnot.

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But I feel that it's constantly a struggle to just keep on improving myself, keep on attaining the higher grade.

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Although I'm not a great student, I think I'm average.

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But there's always the pressure from my peers or even my parents to try and get better grades.

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So I try to get more internships or even get more experience.

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I think money can only satisfy you to like a certain extent right but to me it's more of

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am I earning enough to be able to have meals with my friends you know to buy things for my family

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do I have time to do things

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that I like like say my hobby like tennis or something

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so I think I flipped my view of being more conscious that I'm not just focused on money

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but also seeing like what a job can present me right is it giving me enough time like

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because if you have all the money in the world

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but you don't have time let's say you're paying you're being paid really high

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but you don't have time to do anything then like is

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it really worth it like you can't spend time with your loved ones you can't even meet your friends

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so i know a lot of people around me

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or like people my age i feel like you know they're

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always chasing like the next promotion they're chasing they have like a lot of goals they want to achieve but you know,

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in the process of chasing those goals, they're very tired.

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I don't think they have time for themselves or time for people around them. So, yeah.

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Honestly, I kind of decided to take myself out of the rat race.

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Because my current job at the moment is as un-corporate as you can get.

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And having worked in that kind of industry for a while, I'm in an events industry.

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so we mainly do events for games and e-sports.

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There was one time in corporate job, it got so bad that I got diagnosed with general anxiety,

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so I was going to my doctor crying.

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So it was pretty bad.

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And that's when I slowly took a step back and asked myself, what do I really want out of this life?

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You only got one life, so yeah.

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Does that mean there's this pressure in Singapore to look successful as well?

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Oh, I think it's really evident that it's everywhere.

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Like the car that we drive, the house that we have, and your clothes, your makeup,

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like just stroll around Ultra Road or any MRT station with advertisement everywhere.

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So yeah, I say for sure.

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Yeah, yeah, I would think so.

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I think because Singaporeans, it's just the mentality.

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Singaporeans are consistently all striving to do better.

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So if you don't look successful on the outside, people kind of see you lower in terms of social status maybe.

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So yeah, I think looking successful might be more important in Singapore than in most countries.

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I always tell myself that although there is this constant struggle to appear a certain way online, I must never forget who I am

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and also never forget to take care of myself and to slow down in the process of this race.

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At the end of the day, I think it's not the destination.

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It's more about the journey.

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So yeah, I have learned to really slow things down, be really gentle with myself and just enjoy the journey whenever I can.

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Do you think that's also part of the reason why you think that you're happier now versus you mentioned 10 years ago?

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Yes, definitely.

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I think like in my 20s, I was a little bit more clueless about this kind of things.

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Just really focused a lot of external validation.

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And I did not really have like a actual relationship with myself.

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I think now I have a really positive relationship with myself

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and I enjoy my company every day and I just like how I encourage myself during hard times.

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So yeah, definitely that is why I'm an 8 I guess.

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What's something you wish was more affordable in Singapore?

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Housing, cars.

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Definitely housing.

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So I'm 35 this year and I'm I'm gonna get housing alone.

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And just looking at the market out there, it's insane.

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I do not know how many singles would be able to afford housing, especially if they wanna get four room and above,

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or even a three room i think like depending on the location

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and and whatnot it could be really expensive

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so yeah housing is one thing

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that i wish was more affordable really i spend all my

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money on groceries what kind of groceries do you buy i mean especially

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if you're looking for like healthy stuff you know like

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if you're trying to get like lean beef

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if you're trying to eat good stuff and healthy stuff at the same time that's where it gets really expensive in Singapore.

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Pets.

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Pets and pet supplies.

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I feel like having an animal companion actually boosts your happiness, but it's such a luxury to have in Singapore.

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It's also really regulated.

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If you could change one thing about Singapore to make people happier, what would it be?

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I really hope people talk to each other more more.

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Like, you know, sometimes when you approach people on the street, they're like, oh, why are you talking to me?

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Like, I understand, but I do hope people like smile to each other more, like talk to each other more.

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Just small talks actually doesn't take that much to make people happy.

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Maybe it's education.

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It doesn't impact me, but probably the younger generations to come and probably parents who are around our age who have kids.

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So I wish we can be a little bit less competitive

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and a little bit more creative in terms of how we bring up the next generation

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because i mean we didn't like end up going to tuition classes all the time

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but we still turn out to be fine

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so i guess the next generation could enjoy a little bit of their childhood

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and they can grow up to be happier adults i think for the younger generation i think

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we should encourage more empathetic communication in our culture as a

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society i think a lot of times people here can be

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a bit too rationally wired i mean i have thoughts about

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this right as to why we are like this you know

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it's the system you know in terms of like how we

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have been developed to in terms of how what the priorities of development for us you know growing up

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so how we think what we think is important i think it's shaped in

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that way um so i think i would like to change

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that it does go back to to this this entire conversation on rethinking what education

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and a child's development means maybe a four-day work week i don't know how it would work for like everyone

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but i'm guessing having more time to rest

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and to like focus on themselves would be great

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but i think i hope that can happen soon sometime soon yeah maybe a four-day work week what's your definition of happiness?

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I think happiness is being able to afford what you want,

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being able to be surrounded by people that love you and you love, you know.

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Yeah, just not dreading waking up and liking life.

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I think my definition of happiness is constantly just trying to better yourself like making yourself a better person

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and while doing it having friends

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that are going the same journey as you i think

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that is one of the most meaningful things life can offer

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striving even though you might not ever achieve it just striving

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to be the best you can be what's your definition of happiness a nice family

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that loves you and a lot of friends to play with

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and then maybe some money so you can go somewhere fun with your friends and your family.

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I guess for me it's more that sense of empathy and understanding to understand that happiness it's up to you.

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A lot of the times yes you cannot control what happens

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but you can control how you react to it so I mean

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that was a state of mind I found myself

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when I was younger as well nobody really taught me that

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so every time something bad happens you know i you go

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in i go into this spiral why is this happening to me oh my god my life sucks

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and then it's so horrible but one day someone actually taught me a very important lesson

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that i took to her she told me yeah

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but yeah all these things are happened

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but christine you can either be a victim

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or you can put your mind to it

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and ask yourself what can I do to change this

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or to make this situation a little bit more bearable a little bit better

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so that is something that's a lesson

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that I hope to teach my daughter as well I agree

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on the empathy thing what about it do you agree that people need to understand me more

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do you think mommy's doing a good job shall we give her some encouragement She's doing a very, very, very, very good job.

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"I've learned to kind of see the silver linings." - "희망의 실마리를 찾는 법을 배웠어요." 'kind of'는 구어에서 자주 쓰이는 완화 표현으로, 말을 더 자연스럽게 만듭니다. 'see the silver linings'는 고통 속에서 좋은 점을 찾는다는 의미로, 화려하지 않지만 강력한 표현입니다.
"I get pressured even when I sit on the priority seat without getting judged." - "우선석에 앉아도 비난받지 않을까 걱정돼요." 'get pressured'와 'without getting judged'는 수동형 구조를 사용해 자신의 감정을 잘 표현하며, 일상적인 불편함을 설명할 때 자주 쓰입니다.

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