many times I get home and eat and lay down for a bit.

I remember them days well, and do not miss them at all.

It is on each of us to create what we have,

I have always found it easy to make money, as long as you are 100% focused so you sound like you are indeed on the right track, taking a chance when everyone around you says don't also helps.

I worked my way up to the top of the mechanical engineering field without a single qualification for said field, like your name, all I knew were the practical parts, and that works better than regurgitated paperwork it seems.

I also sold two companies I built from scratch which is where I now get my free time from. A bit of luck always helps.

Have a superb weekend my friend, I hope you are not working it.