I think I'd be surprisingly busy and happy if I was financially free of 9-to-5 work. Especially considering that my biggest hurdles to my own personal happiness

I think I'd be surprisingly busy and happy if I was financially free of 9-to-5 work. Especially considering that my biggest hurdles to my own personal happiness are naturally expensive (gender transition isn't cheap). Having those things covered on top of not worrying about my rent would take a load off my mind. It would mean I could look at doing work that feels meaningful to me. Maybe I would go back to college and get a degree in physics and maybe try to do research. Or maybe I'd continue with my work in programming but do it for a non-profit on a smaller salary. In any case, I would be freed up from chasing career choices if I knew the bare minimum was assured. That and I would probably try to explore the world because I've literally never left the country not even to go be an annoying tourist (like most) in Paris. It would be nice to see what the rest of the world is like before I die.