Learnings from my sabbatical
I took 9 weeks off of work, and I loved it. Here are my learnings: My ideal 'Year Off': some people take a year off to travel. My year off would be heads down building stuff for fun. I'd make a ton of these tiny rc cars , build this trash can that catches your trash , and so. many. fun. apps. This stuff makes me happy. I like side quests, a lot. My side quest can't become my main quest. I gotta have a side going at all times. It keeps me excited. Not having enough time to work on the side quests keeps them interesting. If my side quest becomes my main thing, then it's just another job, and I end up having a new thing on the side. Don't make your respite your target source of income. I made Intention because it let me write code when my primary job didn't give me a greenfield project. And I loved it. Then I pivoted and tried to make it make money for me, and that me sad - because now it became all about marketing and getting users. (..it is a contradiction ...