I'm strongly considering quitting my job, and doing something, anything else while living off crypto for the foreseeable future. This is the first day of work after a 2 week break, and instead of being "refreshed" and ready to work, all I can think is the break wasn't nearly long enough. Despite finding the work deeply unfulfilling, my job is stable and pays pretty well (a quick Google search says I'm in the top 97% within my state).
Probably the biggest thing holding me back is losing the structure that comes with the daily grind. I'm not completely confident I have the necessary self-discipline to create my own structure over the long-term, and while there are a lot of things I want to do (contribute to open source crypto software, write a novel, go back to school, etc), there's the non-zero chance I end up wandering aimlessly without purpose until wasting away.
Has anyone else gone through this or a similar thought process? This might be the only place (that I know of) with people who could relate.
Complete darkness in a much bigger room (other than a coffin) might be better. And either complete silence or some loud white noise.
Before the rise and crash, I was living off crypto for about 3 years. Then I lost it all and had to find other sources of income, mainly I got a job.
During that time, I was busy adjusting to living in a different country (I moved, and took my family with me), went to school for a year, learned some server stuff and got some microsoft certifications, enrolled kids to school, walked them to school, drove them to school, picked them up there or in a school bus ... I was also busy here and there trying to earn more corns because I was spending them too.
Maybe find some other hobby, other than work related or crypto / bitcoin related and focus on that. Perhaps one of those self-competitive sports. Maybe something like powerlifting or olympic weightlifting, where all you do is add 1 more pound or kilogram to the bar every training day. Build it up slowly and, while you'll never get anywhere near the world's strongest people, it's something you could do for decades (plus it keeps you healthy and strong.)
I would not recommend signing up for some streaming service and binge watching, although that's something you can add to your schedule. Maybe watch a bunch of "Planet Earth" videos. I have my own list of stuff I'm watching, or re-watching, and it's going to take me a year to finish it all at the rate of 1 every week. By that time, there are new stuff. I'm not in a hurry as it's all entertainment, and partly educational.
You could keep your job too and just not accept any further promotions or responsibilities, or maybe work even less hours. I think it's a good idea to keep your employment as it makes you look "normal" together with the rest of the people. You work, get paid, pay taxes. Your corns can be kept separate (whether you pay taxes on those or not is really up to you and how comfortable you are with all of it, maybe take time to study this area too.)
While working, you can probably add to your retirement fund, whatever it is called, 401k for those in the US, "super funds" for those down under, plus whatever social security / social insurance you get from the government, if you intend on claiming those.
The more important question is if your crypto or savings or retirement fund can pay for your annual expenses for the next 25 to 30 years. It's not how much you earn in a year, it's how much you spend. And sometimes, it's not how much you spend now, but how much you will spend, since a lot of people spend less when they don't have to drive to work or send kids to school.
Do you currently have an emergency fund where if you lost your job tomorrow and lost all income from that job, and lost all benefits, you can survive for several months or years?
In numbers, it would be quite simple. If you spend $40k per year, when you have $1m (and this is denominated in fiat), then you can retire and do something else. If you have car payments, a mortgage, kids, ... (friends and family) ... or you want to indulge and get stuff you don't currently own, you'll have to factor those in.
If you already have or had (in the last month or so) $1m worth of corns (assuming you only spend $40k per year), then you can probably quit your job now too, as you only need to get from corn what you need to spend, not the whole amount. As the price rises (and falls), you're likely to be able to live off it for at least 25 years and probably a lot more. By the 10th year, the corns you still have left will probably be worth more too. Only time will tell.
We still live in a fiat world, so you have to balance that and your corns.