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Gabe, can I politely ask you to respond to the comment you made which I bolded? I'm not being facetious, but .. do you know that Grading should accurately represent the book, not which number will make it sell faster? I'm wondering if perhaps you haven't got to grips with what Grading actually means applied to a comic book. I do realize that and I grade as accurately as I can to make sure people are happy. Thay said I've had this comic for a while with four watchers and having a more accurate grade will sell it faster.

Hurts more to watch Star Wars Ep 2. .. .that's something I need to improve on. My emotions definitely get in the way. Sorry, Gabe. Gabe is Anakin Skywalker? Emotion wise yes, it's thanks to you guys I haven't completely destructed myself.

Hurts more to watch Star Wars Ep 2. .. .that's something I need to improve on. My emotions definitely get in the way. Sorry, Gabe. Haha since I like star wars I got the joke but for sure my emotions are something I'm working on.

It hurts the boardies more since they don't know why I do what I do so I explain it to them.

man - forgot to add in that you should not respond to my post - but since you did - The JLA cover and consignment - I am establishing that you have been trying to make money with comics for more than the 2 1/2 years you claim. You started trying to make $$$ in this game right around the time I did. The difference - I researched a LOT and used what I learned. Which one of us is making $$ and which one is still losing on recent deals? TEC grading - book was listed as a 2.0/2.5 with no staple pull - now listed at same grade with FC detached at one staple - might think that 2.0 is more appropriate? Added creases and such might not further degrade - but a popped staple is a major flaw that was not on the book to begin with. Comic Con - you are trying to be a comic book dealer - went to a con - and do not think it is an expense? I was not able to go to WW Chicago - but I made it to the collectors dinner. This is networking with other dealers and can be considered a business expense. I will probably not include it in the year end taxes for various reasons - but if I had gone to wizard world you can be sure that I would have it listed as an expense. Your computer blew up - did you buy a new one or get the other one fixed? part of this is an expense for a business. Things like the camera - if you already had it - then great not really an expense - but having to replace it? - yep. still waiting for a pic of "janet" in a bikini Well, I don't respond to troll posts. I didn't even know you started at the same time as I did so you're doing an amazing job and according to what the grading guide says The cover and centerfold may be loose and staples may be degraded, missing or replaced that was my reasoning for the grade but if you think it will sell faster at a 2.0 I'll change it. Hmmm not sure about a full-blown dealer yet but making profit on the side yes, I went to the comic con because I was excited and never went to one before and it was a total waste of money. The laptop is half personal and half business so would I add 50% to my expenses? and I didn't replace the camera I still have and use it. Not sure what Janet looks like but you guys really seem to like her.

Gabe, I want to ask you to do something, just as an exercise I think might help with your attention to detail. Can you re-write the above (sentence? paragraph?) using proper grammar and punctuation? I'm honestly not trying to be a jerk here. Starting with small things like this might help you take more pride in what you produce, whether it be at work, in your personal life, etc. Done

That's quite a way of think and I'll be adding it to my watchlist. I didn't buy that deal for two reasons: I didn't see it and I don't have the money at this time. Also you do the kinda deals I want to learn to do consistently well any really and not lose money on it. I don't have an opinion on whether that guy will or will not meet his minimum profit estimate, but even if he doesn't, he has built in a HUGE amount of cushion to ensure that he doesn't LOSE money. And he's betting on the general market, which is a million times more predictable (though no guarantees) than your ability find undergraded keys, or find already hot comics that hopefully haven't reached their maximum hotness, or your ability to match coverless non-megakeys with their covers. Do you seriously think about all of these things? Are you equipped to? Procurement - You have to think like a businessman making an investment, not some dude buying a few comics. How much seed money do I have, how much available cash to I want to have available at any one time? What are my desired rate of returns? What are my expected minimum rates of returns? How long do I expect turnover time to be on this specific investment? How does turnover time affect my desired and expected minimum rate of return? What are the risks (scamming, customs, return fees if I'm not satisfied, not the grade I hope for), and what values do I assign to those risks? Are there any other costs that need to be spent to prepare any items for sale (slabbing, pressing, signing). Real dealers Inventory - What are the costs of holding inventory (space, insurance, security, opportunity cost)? How long should you hold it if it hasn't sold when you wanted it? If the price is on the way up should you sell or wait? Howabout if its on the way down? Should I turn something over at a less than optimal price so I have more available cash? Selling - Pricing, venue, terms, fees, Rate of return, taxes, customs, translations. Returns, scams, insurance, shipping. Let me simplify that: Buy low, sell high Yes

That's quite a way of think and I'll be adding it to my watchlist. I didn't buy that deal for two reasons: I didn't see it and I don't have the money at this time. Also you do the kinda deals I want to learn to do consistently well any really and not lose money on it. I don't have an opinion on whether that guy will or will not meet his minimum profit estimate, but even if he doesn't, he has built in a HUGE amount of cushion to ensure that he doesn't LOSE money. And he's betting on the general market, which is a million times more predictable (though no guarantees) than your ability find undergraded keys, or find already hot comics that hopefully haven't reached their maximum hotness, or your ability to match coverless non-megakeys with their covers. Do you seriously think about all of these things? Are you equipped to? Procurement - You have to think like a businessman making an investment, not some dude buying a few comics. How much seed money do I have, how much available cash to I want to have available at any one time? What are my desired rate of returns? What are my expected minimum rates of returns? How long do I expect turnover time to be on this specific investment? How does turnover time affect my desired and expected minimum rate of return? What are the risks (scamming, customs, return fees if I'm not satisfied, not the grade I hope for), and what values do I assign to those risks? Are there any other costs that need to be spent to prepare any items for sale (slabbing, pressing, signing). Real dealers Inventory - What are the costs of holding inventory (space, insurance, security, opportunity cost)? How long should you hold it if it hasn't sold when you wanted it? If the price is on the way up should you sell or wait? Howabout if its on the way down? Should I turn something over at a less than optimal price so I have more available cash? Selling - Pricing, venue, terms, fees, Rate of return, taxes, customs, translations. Returns, scams, insurance, shipping. To be honest up until 2-3 months ago I haven't been giving it as thought as I do recently an when I buy things I asses the grade, see what it's worth raw or gpa, ask about half to 75% of that, I check what I can make the most money on when I buy and how quickly I can flip it and also shipping and import fees since they are expensive here. Regarding space: I'm not at the point where I have to consider it because it's not like I've bough hundreds of comics or many boxes so I consider myself lucky there. I do want to test what difference me getting a handle on my emotions and being on a budget will do my guess it will make a significant difference.

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That's quite a way of think and I'll be adding it to my watchlist. I didn't buy that deal for two reasons: I didn't see it and I don't have the money at this time. Also you do the kinda deals I want to learn to do consistently well any really and not lose money on it.

Because I was starting and didn't know things like that The JLA #1 cover was because I wanted to complete the copy I had but got impatient. The cosigning was because I didn't know how to pack the comics and didn't want to throw them away,and the bags and boards I asked about because I've had ebayers ship to me without bag and boards so I thought that was the right way Questions: Even with my memory problems I know I answered some questions multiple time but I don't know where I answered them exactly and if it's a obvious troll thing to me I don't answer. Grading: Yes I still think it's the same as before since the thing that was added was that damage that it got to the corner and I also added the tape pull and that robin has his hand erased a bit. Scamming: I know and emotions play a big part in the decisions I make Budget "I don't have the IG #1's anymore and haven't for a long time but I did have a plan with them, to sell some off and hold the rest. Comic con: I went to a comic con but it wasn't business related I never been to one and wanted to go. Tools of the trade: I buy the camera before I started comics, the laptop for both business and personal, I got overstreet for free and I'll add gpa which was a really good deal.

Where did you get that info? I've been told it's 5-7 years I think restaurants are like 5. I don't think this counts as a business, but it does count as a failure. Tons of people on the boards put in between 1-5 hrs a week as a side hobby to flip a few comics a year, and easily turn $1000-$5000 PROFIT without putting in more than $500-$800. And those same people have full time (most likely non-minimum wage) non-comic jobs, kids, families, gf's, school, etc. You've put in $11,000 in two years to lose $1000+. There are very very few actual real life RICH comic people who will spend $11,000 in two years on comics, and you've done it while on government assistance with a learning, mental, emotional problems living with your parents in CANADA. Can you tell me who the people are that put in 1-5 hours a week and only $500-$800 that flip a few comics a year and make $1000-$5000 profit? I would like to bend their ears a little as I'm obviously doing something wrong. I don't mean they're making that much a week, just 'working' working that much a week, I mean over the course of a year $1-5K. Not too big of a deal to make 2-5x their investment I think. The hourly pay may not be great, but its assumed that one is having fun at the same time I think. It usually just takes one or two big 'finds' per year. I'm just wondering if you could point me in the right direction as I didn't realize it was that easy. Pretty confident that a lot of guys on the board could make $1000+ in profit on a $500-800 nut given 50-250 hours over the course of a year. Hell, a lot of guys do it during setup at any given convention in the span of a few hours. I mean, I've done that walking into a random store. You're like the successful resellers I know and that just proves how much better I need to become at this.

Where did you get that info? I've been told it's 5-7 years I think restaurants are like 5. I don't think this counts as a business, but it does count as a failure. Tons of people on the boards put in between 1-5 hrs a week as a side hobby to flip a few comics a year, and easily turn $1000-$5000 PROFIT without putting in more than $500-$800. And those same people have full time (most likely non-minimum wage) non-comic jobs, kids, families, gf's, school, etc. You've put in $11,000 in two years to lose $1000+. There are very very few actual real life RICH comic people who will spend $11,000 in two years on comics, and you've done it while on government assistance with a learning, mental, emotional problems living with your parents in CANADA. Can you tell me who the people are that put in 1-5 hours a week and only $500-$800 that flip a few comics a year and make $1000-$5000 profit? I would like to bend their ears a little as I'm obviously doing something wrong. I don't mean they're making that much a week, just 'working' working that much a week, I mean over the course of a year $1-5K. Not too big of a deal to make 2-5x their investment I think. The hourly pay may not be great, but its assumed that one is having fun at the same time I think. It usually just takes one or two big 'finds' per year. I'm just wondering if you could point me in the right direction as I didn't realize it was that easy. http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=8273076&fpart=22 I do put in more time than 1-5 hrs a week. Don't forget the space these boxes take up too. If I had an apartment I'd be up to my armpits in books. And yes, I am having fun the whole time. Otherwise, why bother. Hey if there's one success here he's getting a view and post count on a thread. 300+ pages, I'm jealous. You flatter me, you're the polar opposite of me and actually a success.

Where did you get that info? I've been told it's 5-7 years Don't listen Gabe. It's your destiny. its the friendliness and politeness of Canadians that probably got him into this mess. Everyone was too polite to steer him towards plumbing or air condition repair or flower arrangement at an early age. Two years of, 'don't do it Gabe' and he's still determined to buy and sell comics. Why waste our breath trying to change his mind. Yes I'm still determined to buy and sell comics but for the past 2 years and a bit I've been making the same mistake so let's see how controlling my emotions will result in 6 months time. 6 months? Give it another 5 years. To break even on 600 dollars?

Thanks but I still have lots to learn before I'm satisfied with myself.

Where did you get that info? I've been told it's 5-7 years Don't listen Gabe. It's your destiny. its the friendliness and politeness of Canadians that probably got him into this mess. Everyone was too polite to steer him towards plumbing or air condition repair or flower arrangement at an early age. Two years of, 'don't do it Gabe' and he's still determined to buy and sell comics. Why waste our breath trying to change his mind. Yes I'm still determined to buy and sell comics but for the past 2 years and a bit I've been making the same mistake so let's see how controlling my emotions will result in 6 months time.

Where did you get that info? I've been told it's 5-7 years Don't listen Gabe. It's your destiny. its the friendliness and politeness of Canadians that probably got him into this mess. Everyone was too polite to steer him towards plumbing or air condition repair or flower arrangement at an early age. Yes in most cases it was people sugarcoating things telling me how great I was when in reality I was terrible in it but I'm working on this one.

Where did you get that info? I've been told it's 5-7 years Don't listen Gabe. It's your destiny. I've just checked it and it really depends what business you're in Voice acting: 5-7 years Restaurant: 5 years Regular business: 2-3 years I'm curious to see if I can at least break even or make a profit in the next 6 months.

Where did you get that info? I've been told it's 5-7 years I think restaurants are like 5. I don't think this counts as a business, but it does count as a failure. Tons of people on the boards put in between 1-5 hrs a week as a side hobby to flip a few comics a year, and easily turn $1000-$5000 PROFIT without putting in more than $500-$800. And those same people have full time (most likely non-minimum wage) non-comic jobs, kids, families, gf's, school, etc. You've put in $11,000 in two years to lose $1000+. There are very very few actual real life RICH comic people who will spend $11,000 in two years on comics, and you've done it while on government assistance with a learning, mental, emotional problems living with your parents in CANADA. What you're speaking of are my eventually goals because they understand leverage and how to do multiple things at once, using less money and still making a great amount of profit.

Past, present, or future, the statement "everyone deserves something career-wise that makes them happy" is never true. Believing it is true is why many people here have said you have an entitled attitude. You don't deserve a career that makes you happy simply by existing no matter how old you are. People who have careers that make them happy have earned their position in life through hard work and patience. This is what jcjames is trying to convey to you. Finally, it seems there are some here that are here simply to poke fun at or just flat out insult Gabe. If it's not constructive or at least funny (Gabe seems to have thick skin and a decent sense of humor), maybe try not to post here. And leave the election talk at the door lest this thread get scrubbed. Thanks for explaining that I always wondered why no matter what I said James would say I was entitled, having a sense of humor is needed in this world you can't be serious all the time or people won't want to be around you. Not even lip service to the main point this time? Acknowledge the fact that you (or me, or anyone) don't inherently deserve a career that makes you happy...such a situation is earned. This acknowledgement is typically the first step on the road to success. It seems like you're not even prepared to start down that road yet. I will admit it. No one deserves a career that makes them happy unless they earned it. Do you also admit that there are millions of people who hate their job but do it because they need to keep a roof over their head, pay for bills, etc??? Welcome to the real world, Gabe. That is what most people do. Yes but those are the type of people that refuse to change because they've settled in their positions and say that they can't leave for one reason or another. .. Gabe, if you lived in the same reality as the rest of us .. you'd know what you just wrote is absolute compostable_fertilizer. No it's not I've worked with many people like that and that's not to say everyone's like that but the ones I've spoken with are. Seriously, it is. You live in your own little bubble .. cossetted away, stuck in your own reality. But it's honestly not how the world works. ok OP, lets assume that there are people who are successful and enjoy their jobs, and they're sooo easy to find. You currently have no career, and can't decide what you want to do, but know that you want to be successful and enjoy your career. How did those people choose their jobs, how did they prepare for their careers, what is their training, background, experiences that led them to those careers? Have you investigated, should you? How did they determine what they enjoyed? How much was pay a factor in their decision making? Howabout innate skill? What do you have in common with those people that are successful and enjoy their jobs? What can you personally work on to be more like those people? Have you researched any of this? Why or why not? I don't think it was so easy to find a career. I talked to people and what I remember is they get educated, got training in what they want to do. Most of the people I've spoken to say they only do that to pay the bills but those that are happy said that you have to love what you do everyday, through thick and thin. Pay was a big factor but I had some say they rather take a pay cut and do what they enjoy. I'm not sure about innate skills and the only thing I have in common is that they were determined to become successful. They also said that they never stop learning and improving because that puts them behind.

Where in the hell did you learn that Expenses - Revenue = Profit??? It's the other way around!!. Otherwise if your expense is $100 and your revenue is $150, then your profit will be a NEGATIVE number (i.e. a loss). Come one man, this is BASIC BASIC accounting! Stop everything and start LEARNING. And like I posted a page or so ago..... Why the heck do you use a different tallying system for "Little books" compared to your "Big books"??? What's with all the extra additional numbers in the Little Books rows? Little Books Bought $2455.12+247.01+699.53=$3401.68 Sold $4007.43+1679.24=$5686.67 Losses $1079.43+637.19= $1716.62 Profit $568.37 Big Books Bought $5329.03 Sold $2340 Losses $2989.03 Where do all those extra numbers come from??? I don't have my business books on me anymore but I was always taught this Amount paid - Amount sold = Profit If that's not how it goes then I can fix that so basically I do the opposite of what I've been doing? Those numbers aren't extra at all it was calculated the max number my calculator count count at that time so I wrote do each one then added them. the correct way to calculate profit it is: GO TAKE A BASIC BUSINESS CLASS. If you can't pass it, business is not for you. its like you're trying to be a pro soccer player because you are physically capable of running and kicking a ball, but don't even know the rules of the game. And yes occasionally you can kick the ball in the right direction, but mostly its wrong and occasionally you get run over. Yes I guess you could keep running around the field and pick up some of the rules if you're an observant person and people are trying to tell to yell at you from the sidelines, but no rational person can possibly think that's the best way to become a pro soccer player. Why not take some time to understand some of the rules? Or if its apparent that your kicking isn't strong and you don't run very fast, why not work on those first before you get onto the field? If you never bother to learn the rules or learn to kick accurately, you will never be a pro soccer player. for the Canadians or other internationals, soccer = football (non-American) = futbol = footie I need to get better at the calculations and formulas I know that much Calculations and formulas??? It addition and subtraction not something you have to go to school for unless you're five years old. Seriously, for a person your age to be so lost is just pathetic. I know you want to be a success in life but the reality is you're probably going to be a lifer as a dish washer unless something worse comes up. I really sympathize for your parents. brutally harsh, but brings up a great point. Not everyone can be good at everything, whether it be math, reading, music, art, fighting, running, listening, etc., though all of those things can be worked on and improved over time, with a LOT of effort. More valuable than understanding of math is a self awareness of one's strengths, weaknesses, capabilities, and limitations. The OP doesn't appear to recognize his failings as a result of his limitations, but rather a lack of repetitions from which to learn from. Some things are like that, some things are not. Since you don't appear to have the sense to see that, please talk to someone you know, love, trust and think is genuinely smart to help you see those things. You might think the business math we're throwing around is tough, or requires a math wiz, but honestly most people find that math painfully simple and intuitively understand it without ever being taught. I'm not sure if that's ever been made clear to you. IT IS BRUTALLY SIMPLE, and if you never master it you will never be a success at selling comics or any type of sell owned/self run business BUT now knowing that (assuming you accept that), there's only three rational outcomes. 1. You honestly, genuinely want to be successful so bad, that you are willing to work 5x harder to LEARN THE MATH, whether its going to school, getting a tutor, going to the library and starting from the beginning of grade school math, asking your family for help, anything and everything. I was being sarcastic when I said you could just keep buying and selling and you'd magically learn math. You won't, especially you. 2. You decide there's too much math and decide to pursue any other job/career that doesn't involve math: telemarketing, customer service, uber driver, dishwasher, delivery person, chef (some math maybe), janitor, gardener, farm hand (don't knock this, can be a super lucrative job), truck driver, door-to-door sales, etc. With hard work, these can all be very lucrative. 2a. You've stated before you wanted to be a voice actor. Did you even do everything you could to do that? Make recordings of yourself reading things day in and day out (and then listen of course)? Practice inflections? Mimic recordings of other actors? Read scripts along with muted televisions? Read out loud in church or school? Star in school plays? Practice accents? Did you have lessons or coaching? 3. You can continue to ignore it. And your life will never get better. Which is fine, if you're satisfied with it. You've gotta roof over your head, I assume you don't starve, you've got enough $$ to play video games, surf the net, and lose a couple hundred here and there selling comics. Its not a terrible life, you've got farmworkers in California picking fruit in the sun for 12hrs per day for less than minimum wage who have to clothe and feed their kids and sleep in 1 bedroom shacks. You've got an ok life, nothing wrong with being satisfied there. Its just that you claim to want more... Again, I/we don't need answers to any of these, would strongly prefer silent action to vociferous inaction. I'm tired of my limitations holding me back, I'm tired of my learning disability getting in the way, I'm tired of people looking down on me, I'm tired of people take their abilities for granted, I'm tired of the state I'm in, I'm tired of people thinking I'm being lazy, making this up or being plain stupid. I have stated many time that "What you find obvious and simple to do" isn't the case for me. I'm going with the 1st option you gave me and guess what? I asked a teacher for basic math she laughed and refused it. I'm willing to work hard on math to make this work, I want to be smart, I want to be as smart as my friends in math. 2 a) When I was doing voice acting I just did my best to copy what they did. Inflections were hard for me because at times I didn't know the context of the grammar I was reading. I used to print out -script and read them. I had no lessons or coaching nor did I star in any plays. I did however do a couple demo's to get a evaluation and they said I have a clear voice with no problem but it's very rough and take a lot of work to become top game, that's not even speaking about learning grammar and the dozens of other things that they do. Gabe, this isn't that difficult. So what if that teacher refused to teach you basic math. There are youtube videos on how to do practically everything. My son had a question on solving a quadratic equation...WTF is that??? Guess what. He found out how to solve it on youtube. The wonderful part of watching a video is that if you don't understand what was said on the video, just rewind the dang thing and watch it over. As far as your career, your situation sucks but unless you're independently wealthy, you're going to have to find a decent job that can support your lifestyle before you go off and do something you want to do. You have to pay your dues. Some people make it but lots don't and that's part of life. You can't have everything in life right now but learn to be patient and take things slow and things might change. You're taking a "shoot first, aim later" approach and that could be what's causing you some of your frustration. You're right and can and I'll be able to grasp most concepts but for some I'll need to go over it with someone.

Where in the hell did you learn that Expenses - Revenue = Profit??? It's the other way around!!. Otherwise if your expense is $100 and your revenue is $150, then your profit will be a NEGATIVE number (i.e. a loss). Come one man, this is BASIC BASIC accounting! Stop everything and start LEARNING. And like I posted a page or so ago..... Why the heck do you use a different tallying system for "Little books" compared to your "Big books"??? What's with all the extra additional numbers in the Little Books rows? Little Books Bought $2455.12+247.01+699.53=$3401.68 Sold $4007.43+1679.24=$5686.67 Losses $1079.43+637.19= $1716.62 Profit $568.37 Big Books Bought $5329.03 Sold $2340 Losses $2989.03 Where do all those extra numbers come from??? I don't have my business books on me anymore but I was always taught this Amount paid - Amount sold = Profit If that's not how it goes then I can fix that so basically I do the opposite of what I've been doing? Those numbers aren't extra at all it was calculated the max number my calculator count count at that time so I wrote do each one then added them. the correct way to calculate profit it is: GO TAKE A BASIC BUSINESS CLASS. If you can't pass it, business is not for you. its like you're trying to be a pro soccer player because you are physically capable of running and kicking a ball, but don't even know the rules of the game. And yes occasionally you can kick the ball in the right direction, but mostly its wrong and occasionally you get run over. Yes I guess you could keep running around the field and pick up some of the rules if you're an observant person and people are trying to tell to yell at you from the sidelines, but no rational person can possibly think that's the best way to become a pro soccer player. Why not take some time to understand some of the rules? Or if its apparent that your kicking isn't strong and you don't run very fast, why not work on those first before you get onto the field? If you never bother to learn the rules or learn to kick accurately, you will never be a pro soccer player. for the Canadians or other internationals, soccer = football (non-American) = futbol = footie I need to get better at the calculations and formulas I know that much Calculations and formulas??? It addition and subtraction not something you have to go to school for unless you're five years old. Seriously, for a person your age to be so lost is just pathetic. I know you want to be a success in life but the reality is you're probably going to be a lifer as a dish washer unless something worse comes up. I really sympathize for your parents. brutally harsh, but brings up a great point. Not everyone can be good at everything, whether it be math, reading, music, art, fighting, running, listening, etc., though all of those things can be worked on and improved over time, with a LOT of effort. More valuable than understanding of math is a self awareness of one's strengths, weaknesses, capabilities, and limitations. The OP doesn't appear to recognize his failings as a result of his limitations, but rather a lack of repetitions from which to learn from. Some things are like that, some things are not. Since you don't appear to have the sense to see that, please talk to someone you know, love, trust and think is genuinely smart to help you see those things. You might think the business math we're throwing around is tough, or requires a math wiz, but honestly most people find that math painfully simple and intuitively understand it without ever being taught. I'm not sure if that's ever been made clear to you. IT IS BRUTALLY SIMPLE, and if you never master it you will never be a success at selling comics or any type of sell owned/self run business BUT now knowing that (assuming you accept that), there's only three rational outcomes. 1. You honestly, genuinely want to be successful so bad, that you are willing to work 5x harder to LEARN THE MATH, whether its going to school, getting a tutor, going to the library and starting from the beginning of grade school math, asking your family for help, anything and everything. I was being sarcastic when I said you could just keep buying and selling and you'd magically learn math. You won't, especially you. 2. You decide there's too much math and decide to pursue any other job/career that doesn't involve math: telemarketing, customer service, uber driver, dishwasher, delivery person, chef (some math maybe), janitor, gardener, farm hand (don't knock this, can be a super lucrative job), truck driver, door-to-door sales, etc. With hard work, these can all be very lucrative. 2a. You've stated before you wanted to be a voice actor. Did you even do everything you could to do that? Make recordings of yourself reading things day in and day out (and then listen of course)? Practice inflections? Mimic recordings of other actors? Read scripts along with muted televisions? Read out loud in church or school? Star in school plays? Practice accents? Did you have lessons or coaching? 3. You can continue to ignore it. And your life will never get better. Which is fine, if you're satisfied with it. You've gotta roof over your head, I assume you don't starve, you've got enough $$ to play video games, surf the net, and lose a couple hundred here and there selling comics. Its not a terrible life, you've got farmworkers in California picking fruit in the sun for 12hrs per day for less than minimum wage who have to clothe and feed their kids and sleep in 1 bedroom shacks. You've got an ok life, nothing wrong with being satisfied there. Its just that you claim to want more... Again, I/we don't need answers to any of these, would strongly prefer silent action to vociferous inaction. I'm tired of my limitations holding me back, I'm tired of my learning disability getting in the way, I'm tired of people looking down on me, I'm tired of people take their abilities for granted, I'm tired of the state I'm in, I'm tired of people thinking I'm being lazy, making this up or being plain stupid. I have stated many time that "What you find obvious and simple to do" isn't the case for me. I'm going with the 1st option you gave me and guess what? I asked a teacher for basic math she laughed and refused it. I'm willing to work hard on math to make this work, I want to be smart, I want to be as smart as my friends in math. 2 a) When I was doing voice acting I just did my best to copy what they did. Inflections were hard for me because at times I didn't know the context of the grammar I was reading. I used to print out -script and read them. I had no lessons or coaching nor did I star in any plays. I did however do a couple demo's to get a evaluation and they said I have a clear voice with no problem but it's very rough and take a lot of work to become top game, that's not even speaking about learning grammar and the dozens of other things that they do. So, what are you going to do .. accept what she said .. ask another teacher .. or give-up? You seriously need to get the skills in order for you to be able to do what you want to do: sell/flip comics .. and I, as well as many, many others urge you to do the following .. just for now: Better your educational and personal/social skills etc. Seriously, Gabe. We know how much you love comics, but right now .. this seriously is not what you should be concentrating on. Comics will never go away, but you have zero chance of accomplishing what you want to achieve if you do not stop now .. and take care of your basic skills. Come back to it in a few years time, when you have a few life-skills under your belt. I can't emphasise this enough. It's your life and your decision-making, of course; but if you can see things from our side of the keyboard .. you're just going your own way .. and it's not a good way. Feel free to ignore the advice, but .. if I was you .. I'd take it. No I'm not giving up and most videos I can pick up but others it's better for me to go over it with someone and for a tutor I would need to look for a community college or something. I know they have a course for free where they teach you math and English but since I passed grade 9 and 10 English I'm not sure but can always ask. For comics I need to learn basic skills like math, common sense, grammar and I know there's a way to make these work simultaneously and I'll work on my personal and social skills too.

According to the elapsed time calculator I've been doing this for 2 years, 6 months and 14 days

Where did you get that info? I've been told it's 5-7 years

Past, present, or future, the statement "everyone deserves something career-wise that makes them happy" is never true. Believing it is true is why many people here have said you have an entitled attitude. You don't deserve a career that makes you happy simply by existing no matter how old you are. People who have careers that make them happy have earned their position in life through hard work and patience. This is what jcjames is trying to convey to you. Finally, it seems there are some here that are here simply to poke fun at or just flat out insult Gabe. If it's not constructive or at least funny (Gabe seems to have thick skin and a decent sense of humor), maybe try not to post here. And leave the election talk at the door lest this thread get scrubbed. Thanks for explaining that I always wondered why no matter what I said James would say I was entitled, having a sense of humor is needed in this world you can't be serious all the time or people won't want to be around you. Not even lip service to the main point this time? Acknowledge the fact that you (or me, or anyone) don't inherently deserve a career that makes you happy...such a situation is earned. This acknowledgement is typically the first step on the road to success. It seems like you're not even prepared to start down that road yet. I will admit it. No one deserves a career that makes them happy unless they earned it. Do you also admit that there are millions of people who hate their job but do it because they need to keep a roof over their head, pay for bills, etc??? Welcome to the real world, Gabe. That is what most people do. Yes but those are the type of people that refuse to change because they've settled in their positions and say that they can't leave for one reason or another. .. Gabe, if you lived in the same reality as the rest of us .. you'd know what you just wrote is absolute compostable_fertilizer. No it's not I've worked with many people like that and that's not to say everyone's like that but the ones I've spoken with are.