Originally Posted by ultramarina
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Her parents are quite comfortable ($200K+ income, own properties, sizable inheritance, etc) but they had a hard time keeping up with her travel expenses. They worried a lot about what she was up to as she went clubbing in London, shopping in Paris, skiing in Switzerland, and sailing in Greece.

Yikes. Yeah, see--my kids are not going to be prepared for this sort of thing culturally or financially. It's an issue. I want them to be go somewhere where there are a lot of social options that aren't about this.

But it's those very social options that allow them to begin the long climb upward from irrelevance to relevance.

They might not make it to the peak of the mountain, but perhaps they can see their children or grandchildren reach it.

The key to achieving a life of profound meaning and sublime joy is to never give up and always look to the destination shining in the distance.