How I’m using my furious anger to build a successful content side business

You would not have believed my commute yesterday morning.

I hate commuting, which is why I start and end my workday early.

But even though I shoved off well before sunrise, it was chaos on the roads.

Some guy had crashed into another guy, which caused a big backup that caused another guy to crash into another guy about 5 kilometres behind, which gridlocked the entire highway.

My 25-minute drive was turned into an hour-long, soul-sucking experience.

Making matters worse, when I got to my usual parking lot, the payment processor wasn’t working, so I had to drive around and find another place to park.

So by the time I got to the office (late), I was mad.

Now anger can be a completely pointless emotion, but it can actually be quite useful when channeled in the right way.

Getting mad about work can help you if you use it the right way. (Image licensed by the author under the Unsplash+ License)

The real pain point

At the end of the day, however, I wasn’t really mad about the traffic itself.

I was mad that I had to commute at all.

It has always been my dream to be an independent entrepreneur, so the very idea of going to an office and answering to someone else is poison to my DNA.