anybody know where i can find some rope?

help and/or tips wanted for the following areas:

• getting published (1st time)
• starting a home-based business
• going ["back"] to college at the elderly age of 32
• getting a leg up in this horrible, rotten world
• et cetera....

yes, it's that time again. i'm sick of my job and my assignment's almost up, so it's now or never for me to break out of the rat race.