Being a single parent and
renting a place to live in!
Man, had I known owning my own place was going to give me more money per month early on, I would not have waited until my son was in 5th grade!
On the physical labor side I'd have to say growing up lol...I had to take care of a four bedroom house (including waxing and polishing hard-wood floors) singlehandedly
and it's yard as a pre-teen and a teenager while my siblings made it difficult by deliberately inhibiting my progress or going behind me and making messes that I would get punished for if I could not straighten them up in time. That lasted more years than I was prepared to handle.

Moni
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