Originally Posted by WarChild

When I used to have a full time job, I played with some galleries, some MGP's, and never really made anything (Maybe $500 a month).

When I decided to quit my day job and gamble on myself, I moved to Costa Rica with about $7,000 to my name, no job and what I could carry in my luggage.

The first month I did nothing. After working full time for 10 years straight, I fealt I was owed some sort of vacation. Needless to say, after a month I was quickly running out of money.

They say necessity is the mother of all invention. Well, it worked for me. When I finally sat down and dedicated myself to working full time at this type of thing, I began to learn. I listened to others, I lurked on boards and I read everything I could. The first month I made about $1500. Within 3 months I was making $5000, within 8 $10,000 and after a year, constanly over $10,000 a month.

That doesn't really answer your question, but it's my story and I'm sticking to it.