CircleTech

First - what kind of margins are you making?  Most small business' selling other peoples widgets, the owners are making...very small margins.  And that is successful.

Second - being that cash is king, you are likely making pretty decent EBIT (because why would you report any cash transactions - I report only what can be proven.) because of lack of requirement to claim any sort of income due to...prove it Guberment. (since I dont think you are doing this as an LLC, and even...well cash is always king in my eyes in the industries I am doing as side hustles for additional income).

Third - What is keeping you from creating more income?  Outlets?  Investment income?  Time?

Cause bro, fuck corporate life.  Been doing it for a long time.  At the end of this month, Im starting a journey to part ways with Corporate America.  My goal is to quit my Corporate job before the end of 2021 and have replaced that income with this type of side hustle (not PC parts, more gym promoting, gun show promoting, 2ACoin promoting).  It can be done .  If it cant, Im not going to stop trying in 2021 to leave Corporate America.  Will just cut a new angle and try something else

In the end, I want to do what I love. 

You're not wrong. Steady income + sidle hustle is always the way to go.

Can't follow your dreams if your reality isn't in check.

@CircleTech If you think it's bad in the US then you aren't going to like the countries you listed any more than the one you're in. Same problems, on top of more. How would you like to factor multiple bribes in with your business plan? Political instability...and you list the Ukraine? The Philippines president is considered to be worse than Trump. Thailand has had multiple instances of coups and military dictatorship. Vietnam is basically a communist state, with the government hiring attack squads to go after human rights protestors, and has very little to no human rights.

I get why you might be worried, the US is in one of the worst spots it's been in for a long time. However, even with that, it's still vastly better than most other nations on the planet. If you want to emigrate, I'd be looking at European countries or their territories.

@Tristerin Seems odd to want to go from a life where you can walk about without worry to needing security details, high walls, etc. It's almost as if you're a prisoner in your own house.

Aye. They're two things that shouldn't always be taken in the same breath. Same with China. I'm curious what it'll be like in 50 or 100 years, when Xi and his generation die and the next one takes over. Will they tow the company line, or move on to be a better partner in the world stage? I don't think it'll be that bad. There will be a lot of hardship, but the unemployment rate in the US right now isn't even that bad. It's lower than the peaks of '83, '08, etc. This will sound cold, but with the percentage of elderly people dying, there will be redistribution of wealth, which will help cushion the burden on a percentage of the unemployed. A lot of stores are closing, true, however retail was already on a slow death anyway. It'll be interesting to see what the next few years brings, but I don't think we'll be seeing any kind of Great Depression level events.

I didn't know you lived in New Zealand

.....inb4lock

@dizmo I thought @Tristerin was from Missouri?

@dizmo he actually did it because he wouldnt have to work for the entire time he finished his research.  His name is Curt Doolittle.  Google him.  I was close to him for a long while (as I was wanting to learn about Propertarianism as a form of government) - until I was asked by one of his subordinates to commit violence/create chaos in my local area (Im not joking.  I couldnt believe it lol).  Cut all ties immediately.

((I do believe in violence as the ultimate form of currency - its what allows laws to work, Countries to leave each other alone, etc - can get into details if we want, but I also think they thought I was a mindless meat head - when in reality, while violence does back all currencies, I was truthfully there to LEARN - dude is a genius level IQ and taught me alot but I wasnt there to be an arm for any sort of anti-government bullshit)

@CircleTech correct, right outside Wentzville MO - this was a person I knew closely until I cut ties with him.  Whether he is still in Ukraine or not is unbeknownst to me.

Rough times are right around the corner.

Better sooner then later as it is already really bad. 

Venezuela is appearing in the rear-view mirror.

@CircleTech 

Relevant meme on Venezuela's inflation

I have a 486 motherboard with PCI.

I should let him borrow that and use that with an RTX 3090.

But why does it exist. Also I would be worried that the 3090 will rip the PCI slot out.

It exists to confuse people.
And Linus has an Alex - he can just create metal bracing.

@James Evens IBM GXT6000P X Samsung S22C150 Rule 34?

hermaphrodite 

@CircleTechShhhhh...don't give the R34 artists any more ideas!