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RE: How Important is it to Find "Meaning" in Your Work?
Therein, indeed, lies the rub. I have been "formally" self-employed since the late 1990's and have had to re-invent what I do many times because it seems like the moment some "thing" actually becomes financially viable to do at home the world decides that it needs to go "mass market," at which point you end up no longer being able to make a living at it. Currently on my 7th rotation of going through that in 20 years.
Doing something creative for a living of any consequence is hard. I've been "doing eBay" for almost 20 years, and that has been the most consistent. WHAT you can actually make and sell of course varies.
That is so true. I've done small things here and there, but I know that I'm at least good at doing without and living on a very small income, even when we had 5 kids at home... so we're lucky in that I don't HAVE TO go work in order to make it, but it would be nice to have extra.
My mom has been a self employed artist for decades and paints on motorcycles. She makes good money, but is getting tired of all the travel. She just wants to stay home. Sadly, she was really REALLY bad at getting herself into debt, and not saving anything, so she has no choice now.
I'm trying to make good choices and find my "thing"... I have given myself a bit of a deadline to get to a point of making something $$$ wise consistently or I'll go get a job.