You may be underestimating the job impact on availability of time for your hobby. Most of the jobs trade your time for money with a varying degree of premium a

You may be underestimating the job impact on availability of time for your hobby. Most of the jobs trade your time for money with a varying degree of premium and committment. The full-time lets you calculate how much hobby time you could theoretically expect. This would be interrupted time. Part-time may allow more hobby-time, but is often limited in span, before you'd need to find another part-time. Similarly, the consulting service. It may allow more freedom, but requires rather high admin effort, which eats into your hobby time. Also, this depends on your skill and the niche. Finally, a hybrid approach - work hard in high-paying position (full/part/consult) for a set period of time (years) to accumulate the needed funds. Then embark on a hobby expansion stretch, hopefully, with some noticeable result. At the conclusion (of funds in bank), embark on the next job/money-making phase. You may need to find a way to 'explain the gap'. At some point in this journey, the solution to the puzzle may just offer itself to you, or may be rather forced (familiy, medical, or economy issues). Good luck!