I had to succeed. Failure means I would have to be homeless again.
It's not about the outside, it's the inside. But dressing on the outside can help the inside.
I grew up in different orphanages in Israel, and if they gave me a pair of shoes, a shirt, and pair of pants every year, I was lucky. The rest was handouts, leftover clothes. So I appreciated clothes because I only had one new shirt each year.
Financially Im comfortable. But life has a lot more in store for me.
If you like something, go for it.
Getting up in the morning and loving what you do is a dream come true.