In one other interview, Hong Ling detailed her retirement plans. “Once I was youthful, I had loads of ‘needs’ in life. I needed a automotive, so I labored and acquired one. Then I needed a home, so I labored for it and acquired the home — however I wasn’t happy, and needed a good greater home. So it’s a unending chase and it was very taxing on me.”
“Possibly Covid-19 slowed down the tempo, and I didn’t get many affords in my job — previous to that, I labored solely for the sake of cash, however after Covid-19 I gave it extra thought. I realised that really, life is for us to get pleasure from, not for us to spend on chasing issues that we expect will make us completely happy however which solely offers us hardship.”
Ultimately, Hong Ling said that she has a want to retire in a decade’s time, with goals of residing in Thailand the place she will are likely to her backyard of crops and rear chickens for eggs. “I’ve been to Thailand for trip earlier than and I can see that the folks there are completely happy regardless that they’re not rich. They’re very content material with life.”
“Honestly, I don’t suppose I’m within the place to fully step away from my job simply but as a result of I’m nonetheless younger. I’ll work laborious for these 10 to twenty years… I hope my life sooner or later will probably be quite simple.”
Supply: Her World