@Scott Gray thank you for sharing your story! I can relate to a lot of what you said, hopefully I can learn from some of your failures.

I am currently a mechanic at a dealership, which I have learned is not the career I want to be in. I believe in working to learn before you work to earn, that’s why I became a mechanic, simply because I knew nothing about cars, but I knew it would be a valuable skill to have. I was a real estate agent before that, for 4 years. I only sold two houses. I could go on a 45 min lecture on how real estate is a trap meant for realtors to fail. Like mechanics, I knew nothing about selling or real estate, but I knew it would be a valuable skill to have. All my life I’ve always known that I was going to figure out how to become “free” in this world. Every time I brainstorm, I always land on business that I could create and manage that would make my life more “free” than being tied to a job that takes almost everything from you. 10 hour days just to pay the bills and feel like you aren’t drowning. I have failed many times, and I will continue to fail for the rest of my life. That sounds scary, but it’s not. It’s not scary because life isn’t binary, you cannot truly fail in life. Believing that there are no right or wrong answers, and you are damned if you do and damned if you don’t… is freeing to me. I have only just discovered this perspective of life and that’s when I started to look into woodworking. Not intentionally, I had stumbled across the idea of making money building and selling wood planters. Which then lead me to think of the endless possibilities that I can provide for my family and my community with the skill of woodworking and carpentry. My product: 2-4 cucumber plant raised planter with built in trellis. Instead of trying to sell a generic planter or raised bed, I found an easy target audience. I am not a seasoned gardener, but I planted cucumbers last year and they did amazing. By selling a niche product with quality craftsmanship, I believe I can easily sell enough to support my first step into my learning of woodworking/carpentry.

I have heard of that strategy, and have used it for credit cards… open the account spend like normal, free money after a month or 2. Never once crossed my mind about moving funds between banks. You just saved me from running into that same trap, thank you!