[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).