Andylusion
Platinum Member
There were times in my life when the amount i earned failed to cover the expenses my life style demanded.
So, I packed up all my earthly belongings in my little duffel bag and hitch hiked to nearest place where the returns for my labor were more generous.
Along the way I learned to speak English, earned a high school diploma, vowed - successfully - never to do manual labor, ever again, taught myself in my spare time to write beautiful programs in COBOL, and end up comfortably retired after almost forty years of not EVER, hoping to work for minimum wage.
Fantastic. You are a winner, and a model to the next generation that they should follow.
I had the other side. I attempted to learn to do something that had a higher value, but failed. I failed routinely and with great distress.
But I still didn't start screaming and whining that life was unfair, and how society should make my life better.
When my income failed to meet the requirements of my life style.... I simply... cut my life style.
I know this is crazy, but I found that when I stopped buying things I couldn't afford... I could afford the things I bought.
Pearl of wisdom. Write that down.