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tdarko,

I feel like while I haven't offered advice in this thread, I've tried to give Anacardo an outsider's account of where he's at right now, and received no response at all.

This has certainly become a free-for-all, with many of 2p2s most proficient rhetoricians stepping up to grind Anacardo's arguments into dust. I don't think that's quite fair, but then again Anacardo brings it on himself. Really, it's a lot of people taking it personally that 'cardo won't do what they suggest, for no good reason.

Anacardo,

If you didn't want jobs that involved sweeping or taking out the trash, there were certainly those avenues available to you, and there still are. As everyone has noted, you certainly have the intellect to get yourself out of this mess, but it's a matter of putting aside your ego and realizing you're not a genius, and finding yourself a worthwhile task to commit to. That's difficult and I certainly haven't done it - but again, it's very easy to convince yourself you're smart when you read more books than most people, but you're not in school anymore, and that [censored] doesn't mean anything in the real world.