I don't THINK I'm a youngster, but I'm still, somehow, working my ass off. Guess I'm glad to be doing it : )

First 'real' job was at 15 waiting tables for CASH TIPS! Never really looked back from that business. I used to LOVE when it snowed, I could go shovel like crazy and come home with pockets full of money. Never slowed down, really, except for those couple of years 'only' being a mom and working part time. That seems blissful now, looking back.

I do think that many kids these days have not had to learn to hustle. Though my kids work hard when they need to, or want something badly enough, for the most part they're too well-fed, though they're starting to catch on.

And when I look around, there's a pretty good mix of hard workers, and plenty of kids perfectly happy to have their good life paid for.

Joe, that story explains a lot about you : ) Not sure what, but it's a lot of it.


Dani