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It had gotten to the point where I had to make a choice... either the website or the job.
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I couldn't help but note this line. Many people get to thinking like this and end up in trouble so this experience is not unusual. It reminds me of a lesson I was fortunate enough to learn long ago, one that has helped me greatly to avoid a lot of problems in every area.
When I was in grad school I had enlisted an advisor who taught me one of the most important lessons in life. He was very successful and I learned from him that common beliefs and reality are often different.
Case in point here. He taught me that really successful people never work themselves into a box of any kind. In other words, they rarely take risks. They laugh at the idea so many profess that you have to take a lot of risks to do well. They may risk a little but only what they can afford to risk when the potential gain is great and usually when you ask them they say, "I never take chances. Not everything works out as well as expected, but I never do anything without knowing what I am doing."
The option not mentioned, instead of choosing between work and website, would have been to set and limit oneself to some reasonable time each day to work on the site, relax and enjoy it until the right time to go full time. If we get enough sleep and other relaxation, we will actually do better with less time.
I have made many mistakes, too, with my computer projects and in all of life. But I have learned to make many fewer as I have learned to think through first and then follow through second.