I spent most of my life up until 2012 loathing the concept of needing/wanting/working for money, and being particularly annoyed when people bugging me about schoolwork would talk about the potential for losing scholarships and employment and all that mess.
I wasn’t off campus and doing an online course for two months before I realized how mind-bogglingly stupid I’d been. Well, a fraction of how stupid, anyway; the full extent of it didn’t set in until I discovered that my student loan payments were $226 more than I was receiving in SSI. Unfortunately, I think it’s safe to consider the majority of my posting on LW to be a prolonged “Oh Shiiiiiiit” at this realization. (A little of this started to set in during 2011, but on a much narrower domain that would needlessly bloat this comment to explain.)
I spent most of my life up until 2012 loathing the concept of needing/wanting/working for money, and being particularly annoyed when people bugging me about schoolwork would talk about the potential for losing scholarships and employment and all that mess.
I wasn’t off campus and doing an online course for two months before I realized how mind-bogglingly stupid I’d been. Well, a fraction of how stupid, anyway; the full extent of it didn’t set in until I discovered that my student loan payments were $226 more than I was receiving in SSI. Unfortunately, I think it’s safe to consider the majority of my posting on LW to be a prolonged “Oh Shiiiiiiit” at this realization. (A little of this started to set in during 2011, but on a much narrower domain that would needlessly bloat this comment to explain.)
TL;DR: I agree with the article.