> You aren't going to Etsy jewelry/sell t-shirts/think of an app nobody else has/start a YouTube channel/Twitch stream/daytrade your way to $3k/mo net of taxes

> You aren't going to Etsy jewelry/sell t-shirts/think of an app nobody else has/start a YouTube channel/Twitch stream/daytrade your way to $3k/mo net of taxes easily. I'm not retired yet but I'm starting a series of many small projects/businesses on the side now, so that with some consistent attention and effort over time, one or more of them can grow into a serious thing by the time I'm ready to hand in my ~/.vimrc for good. My goal is to embody the phrase, "it took me 10 years of work to become an overnight success."