aardbei

As for my personal projects, I have a lot of interests that I like to explore: programming, physics, language learning and linguistics, art, literature, game development, etc.. The main reason I don't feel like there is a way to monetize these projects effectively is that I feel I'm extremely picky about what exactly I want to do and how I go about it. I also find the pressure that that would entail to be self-defeating. It's important to me that I reserve the freedom to be picky about my projects and to pursue them in solitude and under no pressure.

That's an interesting idea though. I have been thinking a lot about the benefits of collaboration in order minimize the amount of work necessary to satisfy the individual costs of living. I feel like it's easier to find work that pays for more than you actually need than it is to find lesser work that pays for only what you need (not to mention finding only what you need without extras or extra cost to begin with).

I've heard of it, I think it's about time I read it, haha. I've been spending a lot of time thinking about business as a way to achieve what I want. Thanks for mentioning it, I'm going to check it out.

Thanks for your reply!

8 hours seems like quite a bit to me. I feel like I would most likely burnout much too quickly at that rate to last even a couple of months. I was unable to complete my college degree for this reason and dropped out.

That sounds interesting though. When you say you're allowed to be relatively unmotivated, does that correspond to being able to spend a lot of those "work hours" however you like without penalty?