 At the very least, you'll have a story to tell, and that's worth something. That's actually worth a lot more than you may realize. I think the reaction to this advice shows again that so many young people, and young men especially in this case, tragically, have lost their sense of adventure. So many just have no ambition, like no big dreams that they'll go to unreasonable lengths to pursue. They aren't hatching any crazy schemes. They aren't living with a mission.