I found that there is no valley of despair if I'm working on something that has absolutely no chance of turning a profit. Open source or pure research or hackery with a non-commercial horizon never stresses me out. If on the other hand I hope that this will make me money, despaaaaaair.
Yet, the non-financially viable journeys don't necessarily mean 'not great'.
Money does seem to have a way of draining all the pleasure from an activity. I'm getting close to retirement and I am hoping that doing some non-commercial work will bring it back.
Yet, the non-financially viable journeys don't necessarily mean 'not great'.