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I almost became amazing at martial arts as a teenager, studying the Sun Mu Quan school of Hapkido and Jeet Kun Do. I paid my way in the martial arts school by making marketing materials using my almost-amazing self-taught graphic design skills. But no, I did not follow through with that either.

As an adult, I taught myself programming, Web development, Web design, Usability/UX Design, and advanced graphic designing. I was almost great at it. I got a job as a Webmaster for a major corporation doing that for a while. I started my own business for a while. I didn't stick with any of it.

I was almost amazing at data analysis and data science for a while, but I got burned out when the corporate idiots I worked for did not understand any of it.

I have been an almost amazing chef on several occasions, with multiple people saying I should start a restaurant, but I am still just an OK home cook.

I am an artist, and I have had a lot of people say my artwork is amazing. But I have never achieved any success selling art.

I write, and I have had many people compliment my writing, but I have never had any success at writing regularly or getting any widespread readership.

I almost completed duel bachelor's degrees in mathematics and psychological science, but I was working full time and could not complete some of the requisites for the math degree. I almost went on to a graduate degree in cognitive science, but my health failed.

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