Failure to launch ... Mr. Teoh

Failure to launch … me?

If you’ve watched this movie about a guy who does not want to move out from his parents’ home, then you must be familiar with the term.

So let’s see … 28 years (soon) … still at home, whereas most of my good buddies have been out by themselves since the day they entered university, or at 14 like Ah Teck, so where does this leave me?

Well, it’s not that I don’t know how to do my laundry, it’s not that I cannot maintain my own room, but I do realize that I cannot stay at home forever (regardless whatever the status of my relationships).

So the other day, my folks talked about this (with friends, not me), so I thought I should set a timeline to leave … and I said 1-2 years … cause I think it’s time to move on. Yes, now I got a good life, a lot of household stuff I can be totally carefree … and that would mean that me have to spend more time to clean the house, upkeep, buy stuff (more money gone) … but I cannot slip my life into complacency. So now, I my plan is like this …

Be a little more secure in my financial aspects … in any case I would take more steps in finding my place once I’m done with my MBA by the end of the year. I’ve some investments, which I might liquefy a few to spare some cash, and then I think I should be ready to take my venture forward.

So it will be me … my own place … my own colours, my own taste of furniture … but somehow I start to think that it will cost a bomb to have everything as I would imagine them to be. And I’ve been hearing from Ah Teck, SF, YL & a couple more friends who are moving into their homes soon … money money money!!!!!

And maintenance, maintenance, maintenance … sigh harder than renting a room … sigh!!!

But it’s a step forward … that I should take.