Why 'Passive Income' Is A Dangerous Fantasy (2011)
#4 particularly stands out to me. I always feel sorry for people who make statements like, "my work isn't my life" or "I work to live, I don't live to work". Considering how much of your life you dedicate towards working, why the hell aren't you making damn well sure it's doing something that gives you at least a sense of fulfillment, if not outright joy. Even passive income takes a good deal of effort and time to generate, albeit with the goal of minimizing the continual work. Also worth considering is that, in the slim number of ventures that will generate sustainable passive income, and even smaller number of them will be something that generates that income for the rest of your adult life. So the likelihood is, even if some app you wrote is passively making you 5 figures now, in a few years it's quite likely it won't be, particularly if you're neglecting it. So you will likely work again. And if your mindset is always that <i>all work is bad</i>, how are you ever going to find real meaning for how you've spent your life?