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Sorry, I do not see the problem of actually working and getting paid, while working on your own projects. How else are you living? (You sound like someone out o

Sorry, I do not see the problem of actually working and getting paid, while working on your own projects. How else are you living? (You sound like someone out of college who has not worked before, if this is not the case then ignore that sentence. If you have worked, and are taking a break to pursue your startup, then I completely understand.) Meanwhile you are learning about doing web pages, and more importantly, dealing with clients. I do like your point that isolating yourself from many distractions really help you focus, but probalby not a good idea to do it for too long.

JesseAldridge 16y ago
Well, as the essay suggests, "working and getting paid" will become your top-thought and "working on your own projects" will start to slip away. If I focused on getting paid, I think I would start to rationalize putting short-term gains ahead of long-term gains. I would tell myself that by working I'm learning X, Y or Z while avoiding thoughts like, "...but those things are easy." I am recently out of college, yes. Or rather I dropped out (about five years ago). I'm living off of savings -- about $5000 a year. You can stretch a little bit of money a long way like that. And yeah, completely isolating oneself is probably a bad idea.