Unfocused.

Honestly these I've been having a very bad motivational issue with doing anything computer programming related and it's starting to piss me off.  I once used to love programming for the fun of it and now I'm only worried about one thing and that's money.  I've applied to countless jobs (near and far) but absolutely no one wanted to hire me because I have absolutely no work experience in retail or computer hardware, I'd only be working for a short amount of time (because I'm off to college soon), and there's no open web developer positions that will hire someone with just a high school education and not even a portfolio website.

I find myself constantly looking (and wasting my time) to make "easy money" online rather than to focus on improving my programming skill and building a much stronger portfolio.  For example, just the other day I bought a shit ebook on HF that's supposed to teach me how to get free one month xbox live codes and spent hours trying to make it work and plotting ways I can change the method to make it work.  The method will never work and was just a waste of a $25 Amazon GC.

From this point on (like with MapleStory), I've decided that I'm done with forums.  Yes, that means I'm officially off WJ, HF, TBN, & HC until I improve my skill to the point where I can create amazing things and make money doing something I love.  I've been told this before by my lawyer and he said:

Don't focus on making money at such a young age (I was 17 at the time).  Just focus on improving and getting better at your talent and the money will come.

When I first heard this it went in one ear and out the other because I was so convinced that making money at that age was the most important thing I could possibly too because I wanted to be able to get whatever I wanted without struggle.  Now, I'm realizing how true this statement is.  If I continue trying to make money in semi-illegitimate ways and not utilizing my talent I won't turn into anything but a fraudster and a criminal.  I need to focus on building my skills and create my own path to the riches in a completely legal way.

That's all I have for today.  Sorry for posting all this bullshit and none of the usual coding stuff but this was just another thought I needed to get straight.  However I did implement the header options into the b4b theme through the header.php file by inserting the following:
<?php $display_options = get_option( 'b4b_theme_display_options' ); ?>
<div class="site-branding">
<?php if ($display_options['header_type'] == 'image'){ ?>
<img src="<?php echo $display_options['header_image']; ?>" alt="logo" />
<?php } elseif($display_options['header_type'] == 'text' && $display_options['header_title'] == '' && $display_options['header_slogan'] == '') { ?>
<h1 class="site-title"><a href="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( get_bloginfo( 'name', 'display' ) ); ?>" rel="home"><?php bloginfo( 'name' ); ?></a></h1>
<h2 class="site-description"><?php bloginfo( 'description' ); ?></h2>
<?php } elseif($display_options['header_type'] == 'text' && $display_options['header_title'] != '' && $display_options['header_slogan'] != '') { ?>
<h1 class="site-title"><a href="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( $display_options['header_title'] ); ?>" rel="home"><?php echo esc_attr( $display_options['header_title'] ); ?></a></h1>
<h2 class="site-description"><?php echo esc_attr( $display_options['header_slogan'] ); ?></h2>
<?php } ?>

</div>
Going to bed now. There'll probably be more activity on here from now on.