The Starving Baker

A common mistake in life.
The baker spends so much time baking bread for others, and he forgets to eat and starves himself.

Imagine that you visit a new bakery shop not far from your home. You love going there because the baker had created a new recipe for his breads and pastries that are better than any of those that you had ever tasted.

Soon, crowds started to form, queuing ouside the bakery shop each and everday, waiting for the freshly bake to come from this baker's fabulous kitchen. The baker didn't have enough help, and ends up trying to serve all the customers himself. He was rushing to and fro, busy with all the requested from his customers. Eventually he got exhausted, and soon you became to realize this man was getting thinner and thinner as days passer by. So thin that he seems like shrivelling.

You were curious about what had happened to the poor baker, therefore you decided to sit down and observed him for a few hours. Ah har! The problem emerged. You realized that the baker never stops to rest and eat. He was busy serving bread to the others, but never stopped long enough to feed himself. With food all around him, he is starving.

Let's pause and think.... (is this happening to us?)
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Work, Over-time, Stress, Money, Families, Worries, Depressed...
We have so many things that bother us everyday. We work so hard that we do not have enough time to spend with our love ones. Why is that so?
- without work I'll have no income to support myself and my family
- without work I'll not be able to survive
- works just pile up on my desk! is killing me!

WHY??

Remember this, "It is important to work hard and yet be able to play hard."

The rule to this is simple, have a reward system within your financial road map will make the long journey a little easier and a lot more fun. Let say we allocate 50% of our income on personal expenses, 30% to savings, and 20% to home mortage. So the reward will falls into the 50% category, but be alert that we mustn't spend more than that. If we violate this rule, we are distorting our own financial future and well-being.