This pretty much nailed my issues with this strategy. I have less than $1000 I can actually use (and that I avoid using unless what I’m using it on is something extremely useful. Which usually means software that’s not worth its price tag that I don’t have the patience to figure out how to develop myself.) My parents are effectively gatekeepers as it is (which really should have ceased being the case 7 years ago), and this environment is less and less helpful as time goes on. What I need to do is find a way to become independent, both financially and in terms of mobility, and throwing away huge chunks of my money when I’ve had no success with negative incentives before will just make things worse.
I’ve had no success with negative incentives before
You should mention that in the other comment—‘I’ve tried something similar before and it didn’t work’ is more reasonable-sounding than ‘nah, that wouldn’t work’.
This pretty much nailed my issues with this strategy. I have less than $1000 I can actually use (and that I avoid using unless what I’m using it on is something extremely useful. Which usually means software that’s not worth its price tag that I don’t have the patience to figure out how to develop myself.) My parents are effectively gatekeepers as it is (which really should have ceased being the case 7 years ago), and this environment is less and less helpful as time goes on. What I need to do is find a way to become independent, both financially and in terms of mobility, and throwing away huge chunks of my money when I’ve had no success with negative incentives before will just make things worse.
You should mention that in the other comment—‘I’ve tried something similar before and it didn’t work’ is more reasonable-sounding than ‘nah, that wouldn’t work’.