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Re:What I’ve learned in my first year as a college dropout by bnzelener on Thursday May 29, 2014 @06:24PM (#7819003)
I love these essays. Particularly the "what do you do", "living on $40,000", and "value of writing".

This year I lived on around $30,000 from my start-up and probably another $10,000 in help from parents on plane tickets and other non-essentials. It's been a very comfortable year with travel and probably too many toys.

I live in Colorado :-)

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Re:What I’ve learned in my first year as a college dropout by Omniusaspirer on Thursday May 29, 2014 @07:19PM (#7819221)
The scary thing about only having 30k/yr is the lack of a real safety net should disaster strike. I've been there and it's perfectly doable, but I'm quite envious of the people I know with a few million in assets. Hopefully I'll be there soon. :)
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