Yikes. Sounds like you have a few decisions to make... and I surely can't "tell" you things without more information. First off, do you HAVE to grow or improve

Yikes. Sounds like you have a few decisions to make... and I surely can't "tell" you things without more information. First off, do you HAVE to grow or improve your projects? Or is maintaining them enough? Or is support too much effort, too? Secondly, is there something to DO with the money -- either for yourself or others? - Yourself: do you have a retirement fund? Do you have an estimate on how much you need to be "secure"? - Others: any causes that you care about or relatives/friends that you care for -- e.g. helping their business or education? I read an article about someone working on wall-street specifically to channel his paycheck towards charities. His paycheck would hire 4-5 people while volunteering would only give them one (and he's need to afford food somehow). Motivation helps -- is there something that you CARE about? Maybe a new project in a "fun or sexy" field, that doesn't HAVE to succeed? If you currently feel financially stable, then maybe you no longer care about that. And maybe that's OK!