Speaker C lost $200,000 in crypto and didn't work, so their mother covered all expenses and racked up $90,000 in credit card debt. They have a mechanical engineering degree but live with her mom while facing financial strain and feelings of failure.
I went through $200,000 of cryptocurrency and I treated it as income instead of going out and finding a job because my head was in the clouds.
There's no coherence between what we say we want and what we're actually doing.
For the entirety of last year, my mother was paying all of our expenses. She's supported us so much to the point where she's put herself in a financially difficult position.
You don't think it's interesting to have a mechanical engineering degree and be living with your mom who is now in $90,000 of credit card debt from supporting you?
No, I said I don't.
These things feel like we're failing, like I can't do what I want to do.
I don't think you're setting the expectations for yourself high enough because there are minimum wage jobs that could pay you more than you are making right now.
We're improvising everything. We don't know anything. Like, we're just improvising.
