That reminds me of a conversation we had a pioneer school. Everyone was saying what they did for a living - most people did some kind of manual labor, like house cleaning or something else where they could set the hours. I was in the minority that worked in an office. It's really about how you want to spend your time - it's great if you can pioneer, but not everyone would be happy in that kind of a job. I think it's like living at Bethel, it's wonderful, but some people would just not be happy doing it.
Yeah, I really wanted to go to Bethel for a while. Then we visited and I realized that it would drive me crazy. The strict schedule for when you get up and eating with everyone and all that.
To me your choice of education while you're young is similar - if you know you can hold your spiritual responsibilities down now and that an education will give you the latitude to move around in your job in the future, I think you can do it. On the other hand, not everyone wants or needs that latitude. To me, a job is just a job; it's just money. But I think we've all worked with someone who absolutely hated their job and it made every part of their life miserable.