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In reply to the discussion: Professor: ‘Follow your dreams’ is cruel advice [View all]hunter
(38,303 posts)I think this makes me some sort of feral person. My participation in this economy is minimal. I buy plain food, a little bit of water and electricity, and an internet connection that's too slow for video. No cable or satellite; I don't watch television. The closer I can live to a hunter-gatherer lifestyle, the happier I am. (No, that's not the reason I'm "hunter" here. Hunter is my name.)
I'm trying to think if I've ever been "successful" at anything. Well, our adult kids are good people, and that was one of my dreams. Financially? Nope. If my wife and I'd had any sense we'd have emigrated as quick as we could to a true first world nation. Canada would have been an excellent choice. But we stayed and medical problems of the sort no one can predict wiped us out financially. And yes, we did have "good" insurance, or so we thought. I guess "good" means you get actual medical care; they don't just prop you up in the ER and push you back out onto the streets.