I think a good but not impossible goal is to get my cost of living and happiness to under $600/month (non business expenses, food, health insurance, etc.). The

I think a good but not impossible goal is to get my cost of living and happiness to under $600/month (non business expenses, food, health insurance, etc.). There was a point my rent was only $370/month and I was pulling in quite a bit. I'm at $1400/month now and when I realized my next month of rent would be more than the down payment on a parcel. I don't really need comfort - just not to get heat stroke or hypothermia. I'm interested in exploring basically any area of engineering, construction, building, materials, metallurgy/welding, any area in STEM not mentioned. My basic personal philosophy is now to try to identify and analyze my shortcomings and be honest about them with myself and see how I can improve. I benefited a lot from reading and taking as much as I could from Aurelius' "Meditations" - I don't want an easy or comfortable life. I don't think all of the points in Meditations apply to my ideals, and actually I think I go directly against some of them in a way - but in a macroscopic view, I like the idea of manning up and being a strong person and embracing logic, but at the same time remembering to appreciate family and friends. Hopefully that adds a bit to this, I'll try not to add too much more as I have a habit of writing relatively long monologues and spending too much time on them