Today's discussion in class was a little bit of reality check for me. I'm a freshman and my parents pay for the majority of the things i have and do but they wont be there forever. I'm just starting to transition into paying for my own things but it is difficult being in school and not having very much money. I have a feeling that it is only going to get worse too with the economy. My family has always had a good amount of money and we can do extra things like vacations pretty often but this year will be different. I have never seen my parents cut back on so many things as they are doing this year. A lot of things that I just thought were normal aren't really there anymore. I took a lot of things for granted but were still doing okay. I just think it's crazy how much the economy is affecting everyone everywhere. I really hope that things will eventually start to get better but I'm not really sure how this all works.