I am working to build passive income through internet-based businesses to sustainably support my ability to continue to work on whatever I want.

I am approaching a stage of life when I understand it can become harder to continue prioritizing working on what I want versus trading some of my autonomy for a job which will more dependably earn significant income.

This “stage” that I speak of involves buying a house with a mortgage, having kids, and starting to build a family, all of which tend to come with an increased cost of living. These are not things that I have to do. They are things that I want to do, in addition to my want to continue to work on whatever I want.

It might seem like I am somewhat successful because I have made a few good mini apps and websites but all of them in combination after costs have not generated nearly as much income on an annual basis as I could have made from salaried jobs in the last 2 years.

qrcoin.fun is the most productive asset I have built thus far. It has made me comfortable enough to forget the question of whether I should seek a job for the last several months. In previous stints without a salary I always answered “no” to that question but was never comfortable enough to forget it for so long.

I am only remembering it now because I am reflecting and thinking about my future and this next stage, not because I am considering that question now. I feel good about what I am doing and I have faith in the path I am making. But if I do not continue making progress on that path, I do worry that question will return.

Moreover, I suppose I worry I might lose the youthful courage to answer “no”, or that my future self will not feel it is a lack of courage but rather a change in perspective leading me to decide to trade freedom for money and dependability, disappointing my current self from my current perspective nonetheless.

These are the natural worries of life and mine while perhaps different from others are not unique in their existence. If I was earning comfortable income from a salaried job I might worry instead whether I am fulfilling my life’s purpose or living up to my potential. All paths are hard in their own ways.

I share this because I was curious and inspired to think and write further from the first sentence which came to me this morning as an explicit realization of something I have been implicitly doing for years now. I hope this perspective is helpful to others who may share some of my wants, my worries, and my faith.