I got into computers back in the Before Times because I liked it reasonably well, and it promised a decent paying job. I never did it at home just for fun. I hardly ever read technical literature that wasn't connected to the job. That said, it wasn't usually drudgery, and quite often it was way fun.
This also left time to learn piano, singing, and to visit 26 countries. If I'd done those things full time and waited for the money to follow, I'd still be waiting. Now I'm retired and writing, and definitely not expecting a lot of money to follow. (Some, anyway! I just got my year-to-date statement from Amazon.)
I'm not a religious person, but I always think of Adam and Eve being expelled from the Garden of Eden, and told:
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
(good thing I looked this up. I would have said "by the sweat of thy brow")
This also left time to learn piano, singing, and to visit 26 countries. If I'd done those things full time and waited for the money to follow, I'd still be waiting. Now I'm retired and writing, and definitely not expecting a lot of money to follow. (Some, anyway! I just got my year-to-date statement from Amazon.)
I'm not a religious person, but I always think of Adam and Eve being expelled from the Garden of Eden, and told:
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
(good thing I looked this up. I would have said "by the sweat of thy brow")
We have to work. That's the human condition.