Should I start FT stint early (advice needed)

Starting early on not as I will graduate in december 2022 (incoming analyst)

Have the option to start early at BB around March 2023. Now a lot of you will say don’t start early; enjoy time to myself; travel etc. However I would like some real advice on my situation.

Pros:

I am poor, well my family is poor and I grew up poor so, dad makes around 40k a year and I currently live with my parents and a sibling in a one bedroom apartment, so starting early i can support my family earlier financially. All my close and best friends graduated last year and working (i took a extra year to recruit) so not really keen on spending time traveling with friends as they are working Time to prepare for PE recruiting, i hope that starting early will allow me to get a heads up in PE recruiting and my group is pretty lenient on PE recruiting. At the end starting early might allow me to earn extra cash and get better preparation and advancement in my career and as of now that is important to me because of the shiity low income immgrant background of mine. Cons: My time, i can actually use the time to do what I love, sports and fitness. I am scared by started early i wont be able to workout as much as I do now (i workout 7 days a week) and my physical health is really important to me I was planning to study for GMAT however that is out the door if I start early Layoff, Im scared that shit will hit the fan after I start early and I can get laid off Just enjoying life - i know i wont get this time back At the end fitness and layoffs are the main things that would prevent me from starting early

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