I will join in encouraging those on the grind! I originally was just going to use the interest from the bank and buy it some years later but as long as you don't actually farm and show some amount of patience it's not as bad as it seems. Good luck and hopefully you find some fun/interesting people in the forums!
Just have fun with it. My goal is now to get Prestige 2. I try to just earn 100 LC a day, with posting and receiving Likes. So far I've surpassed that daily goal every time.