A quick personal update
Today, I officially parted ways with my employer and will end my employment at the end of the year after over three years. This step has been in the making for the last year as I haven’t felt the fire within me in my daily activities as a software developer. I have not decided about the next steps, but I likely won’t return to a 40-hour week (4-day weeks or lower weekly hours would be preferred to free up space for personal projects). I’m unsure if I’ll stay in software development or switch to an adjacent or finance-related field. Other options are to focus on education again and get a master’s degree (not sure about that) or to focus all my energy on personal projects like this Substack.
While I’d love to try doing this full-time, right now, it’d be too much of a risk as my subscriber base is too low. This decision won’t be made over night and I expect to take a few months to figure it out for myself. Maybe I’ll enhance or increase my commitment to this publication, raise prices and make it my full-time job. Time will tell. I’d love to get your feedback and ideas if you were in a situation similar to mine where you didn’t know what you wanted to do in life. At 25 years I have enough years left to work to spend some time to find out what I’d enjoy more.
Take your time, I do agree with you not working ft, it's not worth it, whatever you decide, make sure you enjoy it, yes, we need money to survive and pay bills, however, money means nothing in reality, I play the stock market like you, but it's not for money as such, it's because I love "the game", best of luck for the future...
You're not alone in your journey! Take your time! Meantime let's have a call.