"Accidentally" Freelance 13 years ago
I am one of these accidental freelancers. I take on work that seems interesting as it comes to me. I make enough money that it isn't high priority to "have something to work on" at any point in time, and I have a dozen or so of my own side projects, a handful of which make money.
In this space, I guess, the point is that you can make a lot of money by being productive -- we're not forced to work 9 to 5 and there's so much opportunity in terms of "stuff left to do" anyone with some business sense can find profitable projects to work on on our own. Work becomes more of an option.
It's a really fortunate place to be.