But you can’t do all that with cash 😔 otherwise that would def be mine too

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I think I’d go paleolithic. Pre-agricultural, on the move finding food, being in nature. It’d be dicey obviously but like whatever, if you die you die. I feel like the physical activity, adrenaline, living in community, being in nature… Would just be nice. I feel like I probably wouldn’t be depressed anymore eventually. Like who would have the time?

Also damn can you imagine seeing like 4000 lb armadillos and shit? Living among a bunch of now-extinct megafauna seems like it would be both thrilling and terrifying. Honestly I’d probably die by trying to Disney princess with a twelve foot tall deer or some shit.

Think big, how about 28 hours so you’re off work for the weekend instead of just the day?

I’ll reiterate what other folks have said about it not being a huge moneymaker. I sell my art and basically make enough to cover my art supplies to do the things I love (plus the validation of people wanting my art lol). But if you’re going into it even looking to make beer money you might be disappointed. Especially because while you figure out what the market is looking for you’ll probably spend a good deal of money with no returns.

Make what you want to make, sell it if you want to and people want to buy it.

I will say, online selling is incredibly oversaturated and hard to do. Sites like Etsy are now filled with instant garbage drop shipped from Aliexpress so it can be hard for people to actually find your stuff. Making your own website costs money and may require skills you don’t have (but could learn!) Look for local art markets in your area instead. People come to those things looking to shop, specifically looking to shop local. It might be harder if you’re not in an urban area, but where I live is filled with them.

I got diagnosed in my mid-thirties and finally getting on medication for it literally made me cry because of how normal I felt.

Hypnagogic hallucinations, completely normal!

May I also recommend adding deep breathing? A 30 second ad gives you time for two or three deep inhale-hold-exhales.

Man though the Black Mirror nightmare scenario of devices being able to tell when you close your eyes or look away and the ad stops until you’re looking. Let’s hope we don’t get there in real life any time soon.

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Imo this gets to the crux of how “people don’t want to work” is such horseshit. People don’t mind, or even like working to share knowledge and build community. And when they have the capacity and free time, they’ll do it for no pay.

People don’t want to work at something that feels like it makes no difference in their world or the world, when they’re not getting treated well or paid enough. They’ll work at things that deserve it in their life.

Truly when I have to hard restart Chrome or my laptop, it’s a blessing to lose the hoarded tabs and start fresh. Why am I like this.