Have you ever wondered what it would be like to work at that high paying, lucrative, dream job that everyone else talks about? Would you be better off with all that extra income? What kind of person would you be in that environment? And finally, would you be actually be fulfilled and happy? In this episode of the Screwed Up Moments podcast, we explore these issues with the story of Yap Wei Ren.
Wei Ren had led a relatively easy life, cruising through his days at polytechnic, the army, university, and eventually landing himself at his dream job of being a ship broker. Reality however, was much harsher than fantasy, when Wei Ren was met with a high-stress environment, difficult customers, constant anxiety, sleeping troubles, burnout, until eventually, he quit his dream job.
Sources
Singapore ranks 32 out of 40 for work-life balance, second most overworked city
Sleep-deprived Singaporean workers among most stressed globally: Survey
Music
Theme music for the Screwed Up Moments podcast is the track “A Delicate Moment”, originally composed by Rico Lo of Melodise and performed by Julian Law for this podcast.
Music used in the main body of this episode was provided by Blue Dot Sessions and covered under their blanket license, which you can at sessions.blue. For full track listing please head over to our show notes at www.happinessinitiative.sg
Credits
The Screwed Up Moments podcast is a joint production of Happiness Initiative and Fable Productions. Executive producers are Simon Leow and Sherman Ho. Production and editing by Danny Koordi of Fabl Productions, with production assistance from Clarissa Wemple.
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Screwed Up Moments
Human and authentic stories of failure and redemption. Because everyone screws up at some point in their lives, and everyone needs to know that it is okay to fail, and it is okay to try again.
A podcast by the Singaporean social enterprise Happiness Initiative. Produced by Fabl Productions.