I agree with most of this. I also woke up around 3 today and usually work more towards the midnight-7am time period. The only big problem is that you don't se

I agree with most of this. I also woke up around 3 today and usually work more towards the midnight-7am time period. The only big problem is that you don't seem to have much of a plan to make this sustainable in any way dan. I think you should try and do some contracting since that is the easiest way to transition away from the 9-5 full time job trap. While you do that you should also be making your own stuff that you think could generate some revenue and also plan a kickstarter for a separate larger initiative. Basically do not put your eggs in any single basket but have a larger portfolio to mitigate risk. The only thing is that you should've been doing these smaller projects on the side for the last year to give you more of a cushion. This is basically exactly what I did in the past year and all of these strategies succeeded for me so I have gotten into a pretty good position. I now have a thriving contracting business with 2 other employees, a successful kickstarter(we raised around 150k) with 3 other main partners in a separate company, and between $500-1000/mo of passive revenue from some of my smaller projects(to be fair though I have been working on those projects on the side for the last 2 years, originally they made significantly more than 500-1k/mo, they have just slowed down a lot). I spend my days mostly on the kickstarter. The most important part of this is that any one of them can fail at any time and I will not freak out. Some of what you do will fail, even if you feel in your gut 100% sure it will succeed there is still a very real chance it will fail. Some of my smaller projects failed spectacularly. You need to be prepared for this and have a plan to mitigate these failures. It is not easy to escape from full time work in a sustainable way. You have to work at it and you have to have a plan. You also need some luck. Also if you live in san francisco, new york, dc or london you need to seriously consider moving away. The problem with selling products on the internet is that your earnings in no way reflect your geographical location, and it is much harder to succeed when you are spending way too much on everything. Edit: Apparently you live in London. Trying to bootstrap in the most expensive place in the world is very hard, I would advise trying to contract locally where companies will be more willing to spend above average for developers.