Different Life Views

I don't understand my parents views or I guess I should I understand their views but I don't agree with it and maybe many people do but I know many people don't either. To my parents they believe you should study very hard when u r young so you can find a job and earn lots of money and have ease in life with ur family and taking care of everyday needs.

But to me, I feel trapped in this life cycle where all you do is study, work, take care of a family, grow older and than have no energy to actually have some fun in life. What is the point of all that? Why make yourself so tired? Why live a life that you don't enjoy? I just don't understand why we need to do this? In some case if you are really poor and u need to work very hard and try and get enough money to survive or take care of you family but fine. But for my case, I live in a pretty decent life style where I am able to eat regularly and have shelter above my head and not have to worry about earning money for my own survival so why work so hard now just so I get lots of money when I am older and won't have to worry at all about if I can get food or shelter or any of the necessities we need.

I just wanna be able to have fun right now enjoy life as it is and not be pressured into studying hard and getting a good job just so my future family can live luxuriously. Why can't I just enjoy life? Why can't everyone just earn enough money so that they can have all their necessities but have the time to enjoy life outside of study, work and earn money. The old saying you only live once why make you life so hard and unenjoyable but instead enjoy your life and earn just enough money to get you by now.

Maybe, I am too young and naïve to see how stressful it is to earn money buy a house and take care of family. Cause I do know how expensive buying a house is and how much money is need to actually build a family. But. . . Why must we make our life follow that same old order? We can work hard and play hard all at the same time. Sigh. . . I don't know, I just don't like my parents view and don't agree with it. In the future, I want my kids to study well and get a good job but most of all I want them to be happy. I want them to enjoy life and feel trapped. I will give them there freedom when the time comes. I want to be a mum that my kids would feel comfortable in telling me anything and everything. I want to be able to help them but not control them and tell them they cant do this or that. I want them to be independent and understand what they should or shouldn't do. I want to teach them what is good and bad so they will make the right decision on their own but not have force them to this decision because I believe it is right. I want them to make their own path in life and not follow the path I want them to walk on. I want them to have everything I didn't have.

I guess I could be naïve but isn't bad to have a dream or a goal for the future.