> if you're smart enough to be reading this website, you're smart enough to create and sell a piece of software to 10 businesses. I gave up a Software Engineer

> if you're smart enough to be reading this website, you're smart enough to create and sell a piece of software to 10 businesses. I gave up a Software Engineering career to become a content creator (Instagram/Blog/YouTube/magazine articles/photography/speaking/books), so I can offer my first hand experience. What you say is, more or less, on the money. I would absolutely be earning more cash if I stuck at my software career. I willingly put my hand in the air and said "I don't want more money, I want a different life." I realized that sitting inside every day was not the life I wanted to live, so I changed it. I don't want "an easier" way to make money, I don't want to sit and write software. I learned that doesn't make me happy. I'm passionate about exploring the world and telling stories about that, so that is what I do now, and I love it. Yes, I have a lot less money than I used to have, and I'm much happier. Monetizing this life has been an incredible learning experience, and I'm proud of what I have achieved to date. For me personally, life is not about finding an "easier way" to make money. It's not about how comfortable my life is, and it's not about simply having more money. So I choose this life. And, well, also The Road Chose Me.