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Ashish Xiangyi Kumar has retired at 31

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With an e-reader and headphones in one hand, Ashish Xiangyi Kumar strolls into a cafe at Woodlands MRT station on a Friday morning. Beyond the sparsely occupied tables and the gentle morning sunlight filtering through lies the bustling walkway outside the café, teeming with the rhythm of morning traffic. Singaporean commuters, clad in office attire and engrossed in their phones, hurriedly make their way towards nearby MRT gantries. Slightly over a month ago, Ashish was part of the morning rush hour. Back then, he would have embarked on an hour’s train journey to the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) at Clarke Quay, where he was a Senior Manager at the MCI’s Digital Strategy Office. That was, until he retired on February 13 this year. At the age of 31. “I retired because life is brutally and hilariously short, and I can’t find it in me to spend a second of it doing something other than what I love,” Ashish, the early retiree, remarks bluntly. He has always been uninterest

Finance Jobs & Economy Lifestyle Mental Health Ashish Kumar Was a Top PSLE Scorer. Now, He’s a 31-Year-Old Retiree. by Hykel Quek March 29, 2024 Share to All Images by Xue Qi Ow Yeong for RICE Media With an e-reader and headphones in one hand, Ashish Xiangyi Kumar strolls into a cafe at Woodlands MRT station on a Friday morning. Beyond the sparsely occupied tables and the gentle morning sunlight filtering through lies the bustling walkway outside the café, teeming with the rhythm of morning traffic. Singaporean commuters, clad in office attire and engrossed in their phones, hurriedly make thei

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