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Originally Posted by golden_eve
You are being very smart with your approach! Learning web design and web development alongside the internet marketing and ecommerce. GOOD FOR YOU, I say!!! KUDOS! 
You remind me a LOT of my former self -- I used to want the same exact things as you about 8-10 years ago, after a horrendous job and job-related wrist injury that put me out of work. I dreamed of being my own boss and of never having to re-enter the workforce, ever again. Well, that changed years later for me, LOL.
I suppose my own failure at being an online entrepreneur making thousands of dollars a month has made me hesitant to try to it again. Now, that being said (!!!), I DO have my own blog with a substantial amount of content that can easily be monetized. Perhaps one day I may just take you up on your offer to help with my affiliate ads! 
I hate Web development and was never trained in that area except for basic HTML. Figuring it out is basically the bane of my existence. I want an easy Wordpress plug in that will do all the backend work for me, but I cannot seem to find one easy enough, ie, dummy proof, for me to use, LOL.
Eventually, I would like to add related Amazon books for sale on my blog as an affiliate. I tried yesterday for a couple hours to find a simple Amazon plug in, got frustrated and dropped it.
I also have heard of many successful online entrepreneurs out there. I used to follow their guidance and buy all their "how-to" ebooks. I think I failed because I didn't have a big enough marketing budget, and my sales copy or my products just weren't enticing enough. I built sites around jewelry, internet marketing products, sailboats for sale from ebay and more.
You are an inspiration, I gotta say, and even though I don't know you well, I am proud of you for what you are aiming to accomplish. It's a big adventure, the one you are heading towards, which is very exciting and can be very rewarding, too. It felt really good when I was working on my websites, working towards a goal and a big dream.
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Thanks. I fight so hard only out of necessity.
I know that I can't be happy working a regular job. I don't care about having a high paying job with benefits or social status or anything like that because I know that my needs wouldn't matter anymore and I would have to revolve my life around a company's needs (something that I find unacceptable). Money itself is meaningless to me, despite the fact that I tent to talk about money more often than I should in life. All I want is the freedom to be able to do things that I enjoy in life. I love things like video games, technology, and learning how things work. I also want to learn how to make DIY projects with a 3d printer as well and I plan on becoming a member of my local Hackerthon (a paid membership based community that gives you access to tools that you need to make DIY projects and people to help you) when my schedule frees up a bit. I want the freedom to be able to dabble in my creative interests and do things that I'm passionate about and if I can't have these things, I would rather die.
In my mind, I am fighting for my happiness and a fair chance at healing and enjoying life. I know that the only way I will ever be anything even remotely close to happy is if I am able to live my life to my fullest potential; something that I cannot do working a regular job. Don't get me wrong, I will work a regular job only as long as I need to in order to achieve my goals. However, once I have what I want in life, I am never working a regular job again even if I make less money and have to downsize my living expenses a bit.
So yeah, as I gain more knowledge, I wouldn't mind helping you. In fact, I plan on becoming a mentor of sorts to people on PC in the future as I become more knowledgeable and successful because I know that there is a lot of people here that struggle because of poor finances and struggle to obtain or hold a decent job so I consider my growing skillset an asset here.