> Get the most low-stress source of income that you can find, and then do exactly what you love for free.
That's what I do.
That's what I do.
My current job is great - I work as a web developer in a small web shop. The work is low stress, pays ok, and has great perks like letting me work from wherever I want. As a result, I travel internationally a lot and work from wherever I'm staying. Although lately I've been thinking that I've hit a wall - nothing I'm doing at work is new anymore, I've just realised that this job is the kind of job the author was describing. I've considered trying to change jobs, maybe to AI programming or game development, or anything more interesting and fun than what I'm doing now, but that would be a mistake. Instead I'm going to pursue those topics in my own time, because I enjoy it.
It's amazing that sometimes we can overlook how great things are until someone points them out.
That article was written by a dropout - what makes you happy might be different from what makes him happy.
Consider: suppose you could switch to another job that was equally stress free, but more interesting. How would that be bad?
I will always chase my interests and goals, but rather than doing it for someone else's company and someone else's ideas, I'd rather do it on my own, on my own terms.
Obviously, changing to a job that's equally stress free but more interesting wouldn't be bad at all, however there is a certain amount of stress involved in that process inherently, and I really need to be able to work remotely at the moment.
Though I admit I am undecided, sometimes I feel like whatever, just do what I need.
As an IT worker, I sometimes leave the office to talk with clients about a project. But that is very rare.
Edit: of course there are other ways to work on the social inhibitions. I really want to go to more conferences/bar camps and at last give my own presentations, too.