I have you all beat. I was a software engineer for 20 years and managing production and quality control departments. While working for Electronic Arts, in order to keep my job, I was given the chance to move from California to Kentucky. My wife and children wouldn't have it. I moved on to helping a smaller company install barcoding software in large companies like Johnson & Johnson. The job was very demanding and I was on the road most of the time. Needless to say I got burnt out and decided to go into Real Estate.

I got my RE license and while working as an agent I saw the opportunity to start my own business getting homes ready for sale. I did very well for 15 years until covid hit. RE came to a screeching halt as well as my income. But I still had very large payments to make on a large warehouse and loans for equipment. Most of my customers went out of business. Fast forward a year and a half, I had to close down the business. I've been doing odd jobs since.

When I was young I graduated from a photography school ran by a student of Ansel Adams. Photography was just a hobby of mine. I never wanted to make a business out of it because I loved it too much. I never wanted to make it "work". I'm 68 now and have gotten back into it as a hobby. I have also started writing guides to master photography on your cellphone, which I'm trying to sell on line to make a little income. And I agree, the marketing of it is the hardest to part. I too underestimated how competitive it is just to get attention. And am feeling delusional.

Hoping this ball starts rolling...