# Why Are So Many Outdoorsy People Terrible with Money?

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## Metadata
- Author: [[Jonathan Severy]]
- Full Title: Why Are So Many Outdoorsy People Terrible with Money?
- Category: #articles
- URL: https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/essays-culture/money-problems-outdoor-dirtbag-culture/

## Highlights
- And if I was indeed so fortunate as to grow old, maybe I could also hope that I wouldn’t grow old alone. All the powder days and high-alpine adventures I still hoped to have, perhaps I’d have someone to share them with. And if I was really blessed, maybe one day I’d have young people of my own, young people to pass something on to. I had little control over either of these things, but at least after today I had something to pass on. This knowledge didn’t feel flimsy and romantic, like the idea of dying young. It felt like maybe in some small way I could live forever.