Thanks for your perspective @almosttheremulan I know that $100,000 is a hell of a lot of money. Where I live, it’s the same as a big, fancy house. I will do my best to realize how lucky I am while at SMU which will help motivate me to maximize every single day I spend there.
I just want to point out in general that people with financial wealth may not have always had it easy. Our family has sacrificed a ton to be financially stable. My dad was in the military for 21 years and deployed in Iraq for 16 months during the heat of the conflict, and my mom took over a growing, but small, insurance agency while raising two small children. My parents always made a point to save money for “the big stuff” like housing, retirement, and college educations. All of the sacrifices are starting to pay off.