One thing that's interesting is that there's a factor a lot of people don't consider. The more appealing a lifestyle seems, the more hard work probably has to

One thing that's interesting is that there's a factor a lot of people don't consider. The more appealing a lifestyle seems, the more hard work probably has to go into it, because there's so much more competition. For instance, in the story, he had a fantasy about having a hunting rifle next to the stove and going hunting whenever he damn felt like it. Who the heck doesn't want that? Once he gets a taste of what it's like to peel several dozen potatoes, he doesn't take it to heart. He writes it off as an outlier. Anything cool takes a lot of effort, because so many other people want to do it also. But he still thought he could pull it off, because he "loved cooking". Does not matter. If you can't do the 1001 other things required to run a business, you're hosed.