• racerxonclar
    +12

    Let's not forget the depression that sets in because everything feels so dire... that only makes it a lot harder. That's pretty much my situation.

    • ToixStory
      +4

      Heck, just reading this made me depressed, particularly as the job I'm hoping for (high school teacher) requires a degree, which means tons of debt. Hopefully I'll get it forgiven if I just run out of money...

      • spaceghoti
        +4

        Hopefully I'll get it forgiven if I just run out of money...

        For your sake I sincerely hope that isn't your plan. Conservatives have made it a lot harder for private citizens to declare bankruptcy in the US.

        • ToixStory
          +3

          No, not my real plan. I'm not totally screwed on debt (particularly as one of my relatives, a teacher, actually got her debt forgiven), but it is sometimes easier to think of trying for bankruptcy due to how difficult it can be to scrape by.

      • racerxonclar
        +3

        If you've got the means to do it... go for it. Better to struggle and fight for what you know you want... rather than lose that dream and just struggle.