# Why bootstrapping - Pour your heart and soul in meaningful projects - Focus on practicality: [[Launching too soon]] and leaving perfectionism at the door - Emotional side of doing your own thing at your own pace with your own rules - The absolute freedom (financial and otherwise) - Fun - [[Work life fit]], [[30 Areas/33 Permanent notes/33.02 Content/Work life balance]], [[Work life integration]] - Depth, purpose, approach, creativity, meaning