Although this is good advice it doesn’t apply to everyone. I am 27 (feel 35...honestly, at least twice in the last month I’ve actually had to calculate my age), some of you may be horrified by that but I think it’s really up to the individual. I went to college ON MY OWN DIME- no parental help. I applied to jobs in January of my senior year and actually started working prior to graduating. Not because I wanted too, but because I had too. I knew I needed to make at least $50,000 within 3 years of graduation to be sustainable. For the last year I’m making 60,000+ if it weren’t for shunning friends and family I would be left with nothing. I’m now looking at properties. Did it take a mental toll? Yes. Did it cost some friendships/relationships? Yes. Would I do it again? Yes, and I’d cut more people out. Not because I’m money hungry, not because I’m an asshole, but simply because I want comfort, I want a family, and I want my kids to have far more than I ever had. Having my [raising] family rely on me is no use to my ultimate goal. Tough shit, you didn’t make the sacrifices I did, and you made little to no sacrifices for me. Tough shit, sacrifice and get yourself ahead, don’t look to please others.