Admittedly, when I quit my daytime job to become a full-time indie hacker with Cleavr, I wasn't thinking about my family beyond continuing to be able to provide the necessities we need to survive and to be able to afford basic activities for my kids to partake in.
My thought process was more so how I wanted to not wait any longer to go all-in on crafting a business with my biz partner. More professional selfishness than anything else.
Yes, the decision to go full-time was made in agreement with my spouse as it would impact the lifestyle we were accustomed to and would cause us to be more thrifty with expenditures; but, she was and still is 110% in with me. If we're not on the same page, then this arrangement will not work as that is a load-bearing wall.
I realize a lot of this overlaps with what it would be like to work-from-home and not necessarily due to 100% indie-hacking; though, I'd argue that the drain I feel for working for others would cut my experience down by half.
I feel blessed to be able to be all in being an indie hacker while at the same time growing closer to my loving family. Of course, this may not always be the case for me or for others; let's be cognizant of where happiness lays.
Does indiehackers have a 'save a post' or 'bookmark a post' feature? I need to save this posting to clearly describe what I feel about going full time on indie, especially parts where you mention about your child comes to visit you like 100 times a day, that's really true! also my daughter always visit me with her 'lets play dad!'-eye, and most of the time it boost my work. Thanks for sharing Adam
This is wholesome Adam! Life's too short to spend half of it working for the boss ;) Hope you all the best in the future!
Very true! When I reflect on my last 15 years, very few work-related memories crack my top 50 favorite memories. Though, they fill up my top 50 least favorite memories. π
Thank you for sharing this Adam! It's such a good reminder of where happiness lays :)