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Side project pays $100/mo, eats every evening
The fix
$100/mo at 20 evening-hours/week is $1.25/hour. The math doesn't justify the hours unless you're learning skills you couldn't elsewhere or the path to $1k/mo is clear within 90 days. Otherwise: either commit a quarter to push it to $1k+, or sunset it. Indie purgatory drains the energy you need for the next project.
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