I did not say I can't make money. Making money is not a fuction of the market but many times the trading conditions of the market determine how successful and how much one can make in the market. You see that point proved all the time. For all those who love to look to Jesse Livermore -- he even explained a trader does not have to trade all the time to be successful in the market and that is even detrimental to the success of a trader.
You are right at this point there are things I am way more interested in then sitting around staring at numbers all day and everyday clicking up and down on a computer screen. Moving on by expanding my horizons and opportunity is definitely the right decision for me. I used to be different but explained that in my post above. You are right the best traders I know never considered quitting. However that goes hand in hand with traders I know who have lost the most opportunitiy wise, savings wise, and family wise who also never considered quitting. That characteristic in a person is a double edge sword. It is great for those that prosper and terrible for those that can't hit their stop loss and move on.
For those that are traders I thought it would be pretty easy for someone to apply trading principles to real life by weighing risk to reward, learning to go where the opportunity is, ect. There are many trading principles that can be applied to how one approaches life beyond sitting at a computer trying to make a few cents or ticks a day. The one thing most have over looked in my posts is that I will still be trading longer term and will have plenty of time in the morning to trade stocks if I wanted to or trade currency and bonds during other hours. I think it is the best of both worlds