During a very hot Friday afternoon, me and my buddies are having our tea break when suddenly the topic of money pops up after a few exchange of headless jokes. He somehow manages to relate our goal of having multiple stream of passive income with sewer rats, sadly I don’t quite remember how he deliver the joke, but his idea of relating money and nature is interesting, and it stuck with me since then.

While I was alone in the thick jungle of Malaysian National Park, his joke suddenly reappear in my head again, although I laugh out loud I felt a little bitter at the end of the trek. I work day and night, stress myself out of my wits for a couple of piece of paper that I can exchange for different kinds of comfort, that I hope will eventually lowered my stress and keep me alive. That cycle goes on and on until I can’t work anymore, and my son or daughter will continue that cycle again. But if I revert back to the jungle life like my ancestor did, all I need to do is to find a couple of fishes, or small animal to keep me alive. I really don’t need fancy television, ipod, or even computers to keep me entertained, I have my family and friends living nearby to pass time.

Nowadays people talked about work life balance, that is not an issue when I stay in the jungle, I almost never leave my family. I don’t have to join a Gym to keep fit, hunting alone can burn lots of calories. I don’t have to get stuck in a traffic jam for hours, maybe I could use some help when my ass got stuck on a tree breach. I don’t have to spent 8 hours a day in the office, instead I’ll be fishing or barbecuing a wild boar. After a few years living in the jungle, I think I’ll have a good idea which mushroom is edible and which is not. I’ll teach my sons or daughters morality and the concept of creation and natural selection in order to let them make up their own minds. I’ll write songs and books or even direct a play for my own amusement.

But in order to maintain the jungle lifestyle I must stay far away from any civilization, there shouldn’t be any tribe living nearby, and there should be constant stream of running fresh waters. I prefer to live at the side of the hills, where the jungle isn’t too thick and the temperature is slightly colder. My house should be made out of wood, mud and rocks in order to withstand the weather, and there should be a watch tower too to hang out and survey the surroundings for dangerous animals and hunters. There will not be any electricity or running water, so I’ll be totally dependent on the vast resources of my natural surrounding. Such peace and quiet, fresh air, fresh cup of water, fresh food, everyday and it is all for free.

Can you imagine if all of world’s human race start to revert back to the jungle lifestyle as well? Money is not relevant anymore, there will be no stress, people will have more time on their hands to spent with their family and friends, or do whatever they really wanted to do, global warming is not an issue any longer, and people can finally live their life to the fullest. Isn’t that a wonderful picture? You can laugh at my ideas, but try and think carefully and seriously, do you think spending more then half of our lifetime working for papers is worth it? If you say no, what other alternative lifestyle that could think of?During a very hot Friday afternoon, me and my buddies are having our tea break when suddenly the topic of money pops up after a few exchange of headless jokes. He somehow manages to relate our goal of having multiple stream of passive income with sewer rats, sadly I don’t quite remember how he deliver the joke, but his idea of relating money and nature is interesting, and it stuck with me since then.

While I was alone in the thick jungle of Malaysian National Park, his joke suddenly reappear in my head again, although I laugh out loud I felt a little bitter at the end of the trek. I work day and night, stress myself out of my wits for a couple of piece of paper that I can exchange for different kinds of comfort, that I hope will eventually lowered my stress and keep me alive. That cycle goes on and on until I can’t work anymore, and my son or daughter will continue that cycle again. But if I revert back to the jungle life like my ancestor did, all I need to do is to find a couple of fishes, or small animal to keep me alive. I really don’t need fancy television, ipod, or even computers to keep me entertained, I have my family and friends living nearby to pass time.

Nowadays people talked about work life balance, that is not an issue when I stay in the jungle, I almost never leave my family. I don’t have to join a Gym to keep fit, hunting alone can burn lots of calories. I don’t have to get stuck in a traffic jam for hours, maybe I could use some help when my ass got stuck on a tree breach. I don’t have to spent 8 hours a day in the office, instead I’ll be fishing or barbecuing a wild boar. After a few years living in the jungle, I think I’ll have a good idea which mushroom is edible and which is not. I’ll teach my sons or daughters morality and the concept of creation and natural selection in order to let them make up their own minds. I’ll write songs and books or even direct a play for my own amusement.

But in order to maintain the jungle lifestyle I must stay far away from any civilization, there shouldn’t be any tribe living nearby, and there should be constant stream of running fresh waters. I prefer to live at the side of the hills, where the jungle isn’t too thick and the temperature is slightly colder. My house should be made out of wood, mud and rocks in order to withstand the weather, and there should be a watch tower too to hang out and survey the surroundings for dangerous animals and hunters. There will not be any electricity or running water, so I’ll be totally dependent on the vast resources of my natural surrounding. Such peace and quiet, fresh air, fresh cup of water, fresh food, everyday and it is all for free.

Can you imagine if all of world’s human race start to revert back to the jungle lifestyle as well? Money is not relevant anymore, there will be no stress, people will have more time on their hands to spent with their family and friends, or do whatever they really wanted to do, global warming is not an issue any longer, and people can finally live their life to the fullest. Isn’t that a wonderful picture? You can laugh at my ideas, but try and think carefully and seriously, do you think spending more then half of our lifetime working for papers is worth it? If you say no, what other alternative lifestyle that could think of?