People do things for various reasons. Out of fear, appreciation, or passion.

Fear of losing jobs, so in the morning, people rush their cups of coffee, rushing to squeeze onto the bus, thus appearing to be enthusiastic about work when in fact they are not.

Appreciation. Some people have a strong need to be accepted. If they're doing things that people appreciate, they will certainly do it. Although to some extent, other people may be making use of him/her. I think I know someone who's like that.

If it's passion, the passion flame is indeed amazing. It keeps you pumped up to do things you believe in despite how others think about it. However, passion can die off and I think a kind of flame in me has died. Things that seemed very meaningful back then no longer appears so.

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Going to be into year 3 soon. I've been giving my future some deep thoughts. I do not have any concrete plans for the future. How am I to ensure I'll not be caught in the "rat race" in the future? I need some planning...