Going Full-Time on Apps

It's been a year since I stopped being a full-time contractor so I could focus completely on my apps.  Actually, about 18 months ago I moved from 5 days a week to 3 days a week.  Then, last June, I stopped working on a regular basis.  I wish I could say it felt great . . . but it was very scary.  And it still is. I'm moving in the direction of where I want to go.  Ultimately, I want to be independent and free.  I want to be able to set my own schedule and workload.  But, it's not as easy as it might sound. The biggest block I have is fear.  It's always there . . . even though it is smaller than it ever has been before. I can think of so many people I've met in my life who were too naive to know that the risks they were taking were very dangerous and stupid.  Where I stood with everyone else waiting for that person's inevitable failure.  We all tried to give advice about taking things slow and seeing what happens.  Sometimes, you see that person fail and sometimes you see that person succeed. But if I could go back and see my earlier self handing out that advice, I would stop him.  Success does not need to be a slow process.  But, when you tiptoe towards it (like I very often do), it takes longer to get there.  I console myself that I'm actually moving towards it while others have stayed where they are . . . but I'm still approaching with caution. If I could meet my 18 year old self . . . the last advice I would give would be to take things slowly.  I would tell him to take more risks.  I would tell him that he can overcome most obstacles that ever get put in his way.  I would tell him not to wait until he is 30 to get started. I'm moving towards my goals now.  I have a lot of them.  And I want to be a little more naive of what could go wrong.