Thank you so much!

Thank you. That's a great quote. Obviously it's such an unclear question, and it stems from something deeper than just the performance of my work. The whole mental health / psychological resilience is a big piece of it, but I didn't want to overshare too much in the article (it's already super long without it).

In general, that's something that I've always tried to do in my other posts too - trying to be vulnerable and share stuff to an extent, but hopefully in a way that helps/inspires people who can relate to feeling that way.

Thank you so much! I will get that fixed asap. I don't understand how the links that were officially shortened for App Store can stop working, but somehow they did. It's unfortunate that this could've been broken for a very long time now, it's just not something I would think of periodically verifying that it's still working.

That's a good advice. For me I was doing freelancing on the side for many years, and then naturally as my app was starting to make more money, I'd decrease the amount of freelancing I was doing, and then eventually I stopped freelancing altogether.

It's Lukas here, author of the article. Learning from mistakes is definitely important. I also like your recommendation of keeping this perspective, thank you.

It's Lukas here, author of the article. I can see how this could be misinterpreted, I should've done a better job of explaining what I mean by this - what I specifically meant was choosing unfulfilling and sketchy client work, just because it pays much more. As for people doing well financially with their own business - that's great! I applaud them, and want to be doing better myself. But what you seem to be missing in your comment - for me, it's about priorities. And yes, with my experience with iOS development now, I could "flip the switch" and immediately start making ~4 times more than what I'm making now, if maximizing income was my priority. But it isn't. So, to sum it up: to each its own. For me, the way I come to money is much more important to me than how much money I make.