Security feels safe.
But safe can suffocate.
I lived that tension for years.
A steady tech sales job. Quotas, calls, and predictable pay.
Comfortable, but restless.
So I tested.
Insurance sales at night.
Affiliate marketing experiments.
Blogging to drive traffic.
Selling other people’s ebooks, sometimes even ebooks on how to sell ebooks.
Most of it failed. A few trickled in small wins, nothing life-changing.
But each experiment stacked proof that I could learn, build, and move on.
Long nights after safe days.
That was the trade.
The slow bleed of meaning was worse than the risk of trying.
Now, I am building again.
Content. Community. Work that compounds over time.
Security is not the enemy. But significance matters more.
So let me ask you: what security are you willing to trade for meaning?