Unfortunately my family gave me 2 choices in life i was either to be a machinist or a skilled laborer. I wanted to be a comic artist and worked hard at it when i was young but told i would never be good enough so get grounded and get a real job. So i did i have spent 29 years working in various labor realted feilds and the last 18 in the teamsters union as a warehouseman. I hate it but the money has allowed me to raise 2 wonderful sons and had what i thought was a good marriage till she left. So here i am at 47 starting over, the positive is that i am working on my art again so i hope that its not to late to follow my dreams.