9–5 jobs are designed as stability income.

They pay enough to cover your life but not enough to let you step away easily.

Then commitments stack up

a car

a house

a family

At that point risk feels irresponsible even if the opportunity is real.

Years pass quickly under that structure. One day you look up and decades are gone.

That is why some of us keep building experimenting and pushing now while the window is still open.