You're unemployed and have $25,000 in credit card debt. This is some impressive post-hoc rationalization, but it would have more credibility if you wrote about

You're unemployed and have $25,000 in credit card debt. This is some impressive post-hoc rationalization, but it would have more credibility if you wrote about it before you went into significant personal debt. Otherwise it just reads like cope. And btw, I've been where the author is, so I recognize the signs. Let's check back in three years. My advice: get a job. (I see the author is currently an intern in college. So I'll amend that advice to be: line up a job for after graduation.)