change in life

[bdk3clash]

Just curious--why Vegas and not LA?

[sublime]

Just curious--why Vegas and not LA?

could be either, leaning towards vegas due to cost of living. although once i get some good feedback on the 40/80 game at commerce i may pick LA.

i could also just stay in boston (maybe move towards the fox) a lot is dependant on just how good the games on the net stay. i mean, i love boston summers but the winters blow and foxwoods is a second class casino.

either way i have tickets to 8 red sox games this year so i wont be moving till at least late october [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

[sublime]

so ran what was going on by my mom and sister. both know i have done well at just about anything i have put my mind to, but neither of them like this idea. i cant blame them to be honest, but i wish i could somehow broaden thier knowledge of the subject. they will support me no matter what decision i make, but reluctantly at first i am quite sure [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[4thstreetpete]

Hey good luck with everything bud. Like you, I didn't really like school all that much. I was an honor student though but I was really bored with it. I pretty much slept through high school and when I hit university I slept through there too. Despite being an honor student throughout, I 'barely' graduated university.
Now that I've been away from school for a while I find that I really did enjoy it. I've learned to appreciate it and had some of my best times there. Once you graduate time passes by really quick and you really do start to miss school.

Good luck with everything and keep us updated, it's very interesting.

[wonderwes]

If you eventually want to get a degree (for other jobs and what not) you could spend around 3-4k taking 2 years worth of community college classes. Unsure what it is in Mass., but any community college classes taken here, all can be transfered to a 4 year school. Many you can even take online. So if you were worried about education you could get up to 2 years (half) of your school work done. However I dont blame you if you never want to read another school textbook again.

[astroglide]

how old are you?
what is your resume like?
what is your debt load?
do you have dependents?
do you have savings/investments?

[sublime]

1)26

2)that job is my resume basically, i started working at a sbarro's (italian fast food) at 17 and by my 18th birthday i was an assistant manager with a furure in that company. left for my current job (verizon) and have all the customer service/data entry etc. skills that go along with a job like that.

3)owe about 4.5k on my car. thats it.

4)no

5)20k in my 401k (possibly more dependant on how the package works out that stuff. plus the 13k they give me up front that i dont really 'need' right now. i have a bankroll of about $50,000 which is used for both poker and sports betting. also a couple thousand in the bank for just basic needs i suppose.

whats your advice dr?

[astroglide]

well, it sounds like your ability to get a great job isn't hot. if you abandon the path now it will be even harder to get back into it if you need or want to in a few years. i have no idea how good of a poker player you are or how good you are at "figuring it out" in a bigger life/success sense.

i would at least look to see what kind of jobs you think you can get and at what pay scale. i'd give consideration to becoming a realtor, i don't think it has to be full time. it shouldn't take more than 6 months or a lot of money to get licensed, and at that point you could at least buy or sell property and pocket half the commission yourself.

if you do go the poker route i would do it working toward some kind of part-time goal like owning a franchise or buying/selling/renting real estate.

[Joe Tall]

Knowing Mike, his story, he has the power to accomplish whatever he puts his mind to.

That's the challange.

Good luck Mike,
Joe

[sublime]

thanks astro, i appreciate the time you took. i will look into the real estate route.