“full-time entrepreneurship can be demanding and frankly be too much for some people at least where they are in their lives right now just financially and socially and personally it is a lot it might be better to try to find autonomy in a career while exploring side projects without the pressure of needing immediate income because the constrained of having to get to revenue in a few months is massively impactful on your mental health”

Prefer the side-project path over the quit-your-job leap

The "quit your 9-to-5 to find freedom" arc is the most common path to anxiety-driven business failure. The mental load of having to make payroll out of a not-yet-validated product distorts every decision you make. Stay employed; explore the business as a Daniel-Vassallo-style small bet on the side. When one bet shows genuine traction, then graduate it to full-time. The slow path looks less heroic but compounds without crushing you.