You are not nuts but knowing what you feel in the future is very hard while having money can almost guarantee that you will be able to take more choices that ma

You are not nuts but knowing what you feel in the future is very hard while having money can almost guarantee that you will be able to take more choices that make you happy. Just heard about someone working on a passion project for two years alone and he got burned out and only wants to sell it to someone so he can stop. Did he enjoy doing it for a year? hell yeah! could he have anticipated he will burn out? not sure. Will you want to continue do this particular project in a year? two? ten? what about family, kids health issues? each one can take something that you used to enjoy and turn it into a burden. VCs will push you forward, getting co-founders will push you forward, getting employees will push you forward. Will this reduce the joy that you feel now? almost certainly. Will it improve the chances that you can have a life changing amount of money that will let you make more enjoyable choices in the future? very likely so. A business is not always fun, but fun things usually don't stay fun forever anyway. Ask anyone that used to have a band :)