Artist-trader shares journey: turned 3K to 50K, bought car, lost some to knife catching.

Luckily, I bought a car from that money. Not something expensive. And the rest I lost knife catching. At least you have a car now. I focused on becoming a better trader the last 1.5 years. And I managed to survive the markets. What I'm aiming for is $200,000 to be able to buy a house and then maybe have a stack to keep trading with and relax so I can focus on my art. I am not a great trader, but I am above average. I risk 1% of my port per trade, and I take two R trades. I watched some of the ICT mentorship. Plus, I had a great mentor. Is that mentor me? Please say me. Uh, I'm not sure if I'm profitable yet since I struggle with trading journals. But I don't know. But I don't have a negative P&L in the bare market so far. It's just when I have a good run, I become greedy and give back some of the gains. I am hoping for a home run. I'm trying to fix this. I have zero spot exposure at the moment, but my g gut tells me still to wait lower. If not, I'm happy to reassess and just stick to swing day and scalp trading. What would be your advice for wanting to be an artist, trying to find financial freedom, uh therefore create creative freedom? Is my plan reasonable? Is it possible by the time I'm 30 to 32? Any other notes? Much appreciated. Just love the idea and care to have some feedback from a more experienced DGEN. Cheers. appreciate the effort you put out in your content. So,