Go for it, Tobster. I did my ppl at a time when my full time job paid £25 per week and an hour in the cheapest possible aircraft cost £28.
I had two jobs.....
I sometimes had to renew by test in the next ten years, but I always managed to keep flying.
That was in 1981, and if I had listened to the doom and gloom merchants I would have had a pretty boring life. I paid no attention to them, worked at my flying, PPL all done in 39 hours and over two years, including the test, plus an hour after to get the then legal minimum.
I now own an aircraft, and right now am flying my socks off. Power, gliders, and balloons. It's supposed to be fun!