6 months ago10 points(+0/-0/+10Score on mirror)1 child
Yes. Got my qualifications. Paid them off in 2 years. Jumped between Software Engineering jobs every 12 months to gain a LOT of experience. Bought my first house and paid half of it off as a deposit. Paid in full within 6 years.
I was so young and stupid and hungry that I'd occasionally pass out while walking home. Fall down and hurt my elbows on the pavement. Living on the edge, hanging on by my fingernails.
My college lectures were full of illiterate, fat scholarship niggers.
'Looking back, I probably should have just gone to a soup kitchen for a good meal... but it NEVER occurred to me to expect help from anyone.
I got that thin.
Couldn't sleep on my back or sit on hard surfaces without bruises.
I carried emergency sugar in my pocket for when I started to see purple spots.
I was so young and stupid and hungry that I'd occasionally pass out while walking home. Fall down and hurt my elbows on the pavement. Living on the edge, hanging on by my fingernails.
My college lectures were full of illiterate, fat scholarship niggers.
'Looking back, I probably should have just gone to a soup kitchen for a good meal... but it NEVER occurred to me to expect help from anyone.
Been debt free now for 12 years.