u/WeeklySafety2663

I'm a developer with a good job making good money, but I don't have a lot of passion. When I'm in a structured environment like a normal 9-5, I feel like I oftentimes come up with creative solutions to complex problems, but I hate that I'm doing it for someone else.

When it comes to starting something on my own, I feel like all of my creative solutions just disappear. I feel like I don't know where to look, who to get in touch with, and all of my problem solving goes out the window.

I have been trying to start some sort of business since I graduated from high school, then after my first degree, then again after my second. I have built projects that I thought were useful, but I either didn't market them well or someone else made something better faster. Then I default to the safe route. It has worked out, but I just feel stuck.

I then cope and say, well, at least I learned something that will make me better at my job. I truly believe that it has, because I have more than tripled my salary in the last 4 years, yet I still feel stuck.

How do I break the golden handcuffs in a way that doesn't feel like I'm wasting my time starting my own thing or going into something that's already oversaturated?

It was just me and my one-year-old today, and as I was watching him play I started to get nostalgic about my childhood, the jokes I would tell with my friends, and sharing the weird stuff we saw on the internet. Getting introduced to memes, YouTube before every channel was perfectly manicured for monetization. I know you can find all of this stuff in different places, but I wanted a place to aggregate all of the greatest, weirdest, most nostalgic internet content. Back when it was fun and full of hope, not just monetization. I separated stuff by eras, but please take a look and feel free to edit and add. Give me some grace. This was a day of work while wrangling an increasingly opinionated toddler.

https://internet-nostalgia.com/