Well, you could choose to make your path being homeless, but there usually is less satisfaction in that choice.

I'm not sure if you read the article, but it talked about schooling, preparing the skills needed to meet goals that would match his dreams, thinking about those goals, seeking them out. It wasn't just, "Oh, I gotta go get paycheck." It might be unfortunate that we need money to live in our society, but nevertheless it is reality, so talking about how to make the best of it seems like a worthwhile discussion to me.