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by hkmurakami 3644 days ago
It's all about balance and tradeoffs. OP isn't really "retired" per se, since his projects have a positive monetary expectation. But he's decided to make tradeoffs and made following his curiosity and interest a priority, instead of putting money first.

The more relevant question is to ask ourselves what our priorities are, and if possible, be able to answer, what our #1 priority is -- the one we truly want to maximize. Once we know that, then we can look at the paths we have available to maximize this, and what sort of tradeoffs with other valuable factors (like money!) it would entail, and whether it's something that makes sense in each of our lives.