My family is fairly bad off economically and my parents have always assumed I would be a career woman and make something of myself – i.e. rake in the dough. But despite the fact that they send me all their money so that I can dress nice and go out once in awhile (and meanwhile I’m taking out loans right and left that somebody’s going to have to pay), I secretly long to leave everything behind and live a life of pure spontaneity. I can’t ever seem to imagine myself holding down a regular job and right now I’m dreading the idea of grad school – what’s the point of all that effort and money when all I really want to do is find some willing friends and live as simply and crazily as possible?
