The Dirty Work

Wealth. Fame. Satisfaction. These are the three wonderful things that I am dying to possess. I desire to have the things that I don't used to have. I want to buy this, I want to buy that. Call me materialistic, it's A okay, because I genuinely believe that there's nothing wrong from being one as long as all the stuff that I am aiming to have are something that I will work for myself with the absence of dependence to other people.

Throughout the years, I've been living an uncomfortable life. I grew up in a world where I couldn't get everything I want. I have a covenant with myself that I will not stay in this awful situation for the rest of my life. I can still remember that moment when I was still thirteen years old. Our youth pastor asked me what will I be ten years from now and I innocently answered "I will be rich." They were sort of fascinated with my response and they were saying that twenty-three years of age is a bit early for me to be successful and financially stable. But as I look back, I can candidly say that I don't agree with what they were saying. At twenty-three, I will have been working for two good years by that time, and with that, I should be able to establish myself as a young professional—not young professional by the age but young professional by the deed. There are a lot of young people nowadays that call themselves "young professional" yet don't even live by the meaning that it suggests. Those individuals are none other than morons who are just fooling themselves.

I promised myself that the time will come that I don't have to lift a finger for some filthy house chore. The time will come that I don't need to ask for financial assistance to anybody. The time will come that I'll be able to buy things for myself. But in order for me to turn those aspirations into reality, I should start to make my way to success. Little by little. If someone aims to reach the stars, s/he should do the necessary steps in achieving his/her dreams. S/he should get out of his/her comfort zone and do the dirty work. The ones that are satisfied with the daily routines of life are nothing but losers. I can stomach to live an inconvenient lifestyle but not a wasteful one.

As my end note, I want you reader to bear in mind that if others can make things happen in their lives. I too; you too; we too can make things happen in our lives.

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Find what you really love to do and then go after it — relentlessly. And don’t fret about the money. Because what you love to do is quite likely what you’re good at. And what you’re good at will likely bring you financial reward eventually.

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—	Steve Hannah, Chief Executive of The Onion.