Yep. I've worked a lot as a teenager, and amassed a modest sum. It allowed me to take a lot of risks, even after I moved out. It allowed me to go freelance an

Yep. I've worked a lot as a teenager, and amassed a modest sum. It allowed me to take a lot of risks, even after I moved out. It allowed me to go freelance and wait a long time to get paid. It allowed me not to work in university. It allowed me to easily relocate to another country. A decade later, this cushion has compounded many times and funded many more risks that paid off. Without those savings, I would have taken many more conservative decisions that would have left me in a very different situation.