Fatty, I won't lie, as I'm not experienced as half this forum. But you're just the average 16/17 year old who wants to chuck it all in and do what you enjoy. Which is good, it shows you are passionate and enjoy what you do. But it won't bring in money you need to live how you do at the moment. If you think you are going to bring in ~12k a year a live as yu are, you're sadly wrong, especially in London, you are wrong. If you want to carry on with your passions, this really isn't enough. It seems to me like you've got your feet running round a revolving door. RC cars, bikes, cameras, potato guns, you've got it all. You seem to really enjoy yourself, which is great. But as soon as you move out you will find it really hard, a car, a house, tax, bills, they really do add up. At least get A-levels or a B-tec. A-levels for me were one of the lowest points of my life so far, I didn't enjoy it at all. Yeah, sure I saw my mates every day, but, I didn't enjoy what I was doing. You may love cycling forever, but you'll also want to be able to enjoy that time you do spend cycling. But you, unfortunately, and trust me on this, can't live paycheck to paycheck. OBM has said a lot of things I 100% agree with, and partially because I enjoy Uni so much, and have such a good life there, but also because I have experienced them. I would party every day, every night, working in Tesco full time, if I could. But it won't get me anywhere on my own, I see that now, I wouldn't have a camera, a car, a bike, maybe even a home in the town I live now, if I didn't aspire to more. What Mark, I think, is trying to get at, is that just because life is sweet now, it won't always be, and you need to be ready for it, whatever happens next.