Don't 'give up' but it seems like a real part of you is yearning to invest yourself in other areas of your life, so you should do so. From 10 years of coding, I

Don't 'give up' but it seems like a real part of you is yearning to invest yourself in other areas of your life, so you should do so. From 10 years of coding, I presume you have money saved up. Go sublet your place and spend 4+ months traveling. Develop some passions outside of startups... I mean not hobbies, but things you really care about and want to work towards, view as important, and want learn more about. Completely centering your life around making money from startups is a sure way to quash your inner life, and paradoxically makes you much less equipped to actually succeed in startups.