Fear Of Being Homeless and Ambition.
There have only been a few times in my life that I had nightmares about being homeless. When I was about 23 or 24 and just out of college, I was living with a wealthy family as a nanny for the summer while looking for a full time job. Their house was on the market and they had just sold it to a buyer. I started having nightmares about being homeless because I did not have a full time job yet and I had to move out in a few weeks. (I ended up landing a full time job and moving in with my grandparents who were in their 80's so my nightmare never came true.) This past year I had those nightmares start up again. Only this time I have a kid and two dogs. I was in the process of closing down my business and the bank was at zero, I had already lost my house to foreclosure and all my savings. I would wake up in a cold sweat thinking about living on the streets. I know what its like to be poor, down, and out, but not homeless. It...