i will apologize in advance if this post is blunt, brash, or innappropriate.
"also the way things work out you really just need to be super specific about what you want."
"Your reply doesn't give any hint as to what you want to do, but it does betray a lot of internal obstacles. If you free yourself of these obstacles, you will be able to move forward.
So, what is the "unmentionable" plan, how much will it cost, what education will you need for it."
(eveheart, you are always very perceptive)
"help us narrow it down, and change this from a vague question, to a pointed, directed question."
i'm starting to think that this is a vague question, because you have yet to identify what it is to ask...
"About the only thing I can do self-employed without lots of cash is to sell online. Even ebay is getting too expensive, these days, though....."
"The sad fact is that I would like to be self-employed in some way but my younger brother has stolen my entire inheritance. I don't have the funds therefore to do what I really want to do."
i'm also getting the impression this "vague question" has less to do with personal satisfaction in your current work environment, and more to do with something deep - seeded... if money was the bottom line, you'd do whatever you needed, without making excuses (even if that meant being as (reportedly) unethical as your brother) in your endeavor to secure funding for yourself. i think i sense some resentment towards yourself, and the situation you choose to keep yourself in. some soul searching and self evaluation may be a good first step, and once you identify the things that hold you back (because it's not money, or the lack thereof) you can move forward with asking for help.
vague questions can only bring vague answers, mr durden.