I struggle with the fact that I'm going to have to quit academia and get a data science job (probably). I love academia. But I am too slow, and personal life me

I struggle with the fact that I'm going to have to quit academia and get a data science job (probably). I love academia. But I am too slow, and personal life means I am geographically constrained. My plan is to choose a topic and work at that as an academic side project, with the aim to still publish either alone or with seated academic friends.