Congratulation. Good for you to save up 12-15 months for expenses. Try to stretch that out to 24 months. Enough financial reserve will give you peace of mind

Congratulation. Good for you to save up 12-15 months for expenses. Try to stretch that out to 24 months. Enough financial reserve will give you peace of mind to pursue your startup goal. Spend your biggest asset, time, wisely. Block off HN/Reddit/Facebook/etc. Turn off IM and set your email polling to a hourly basis. Try to contract yourself to do the work. Set up a hourly rate for yourself and bill yourself to do the work. It's easier to see the value of time once you translate it into money. But don't get burned out either. Exercise. Jogging or walking in the park or along the beach is free. Try to work at home, or go to library and cafe if need to go out. No need to rent office space or share-workspace. Most libraries and cafes have free net connection. Get a Google Voice number as your work number and route it to your phone. If you are in the SF Bay Area, there are events you can go to for learning and socializing. Hackers-and-Founders, http://www.meetup.com/Hackers-and-Founders http://www.meetup.com/Hackers-and-Founders BAYCHI, http://www.baychi.org/program http://www.baychi.org/program SFBayACM, http://www.sfbayacm.org http://www.sfbayacm.org ETL, http://etl.stanford.edu http://etl.stanford.edu Android Developers Meetup, http://www.android-android.net/events/ http://www.android-android.net/events/ Search the web or wiki for other interest groups. Good Luck!