And yes, I feel as though I’m killing myself right now, and we have to be careful about our monthly bills. What is it all for?

I chose the latter. I sold off my shares in my company, left the (high paying) world of business consulting behind, and grew out my hair. I got a job as a personal assistant, and started writing a lot more. I fully expected a much lower standard of living, but since I was gaining a lot more free time, I figured that was a pretty good trade off.

This year (and for the foreseeable future), between my assistant money and the sale of my three book series, I will have a six figure income.

I’m gonna have to say, do what you want to do and don’t sweat the money. People can work themselves to death in jobs they hate and never have an extra dime to spend, and other people can goof off doing what they’d be doing for free anyway and make a mint. There’s no way to know ahead of time which way it will go moneywise, so control what you can control: how much you enjoy your life.

Just my two cents.