There’s no perfect answer to the conundrum of diversification vs. focus as an entrepreneur, side hustler, or artist who wants to make a living. Focus too much, and your income is fragile. Diversify beyond necessity, and you’ll lose time and energy tending to pointless branches of your work.
Today, I chopped off one of those branches. I un-monetized all ~500 of my Quora answers. The $300 I received last year for some two million views were not worth having to write 12 custom invoices, figuring out FX rates, and dealing with all the red tape that follows. As it turns out, the only way to be free of this headache was to make the posts free again as well.
Sometimes, you need to make space in your wallet to make space in your mind. Trust that the shortfall will grow back elsewhere, and whether it’s focus or diversification you’ll chase next, choose clarity over distractions.