As many others mentioned, six months isn't a lot of time so my actionable advice is to do everything you can to increase that runway while maintaining the independence you crave. I suggest ranking your ideas based on three criteria: how long they'll take to build, the likelihood that they'll produce an income stream, and the amount of ongoing maintenance and effort it'll take from you if the idea seems to be working. Find the one with the best ratio of the 3 (easy to build and likely to make passive money) and build that first.
Also, I recommend you give yourself a hard deadline for launching each idea you work on. It's incredibly hard to launch. It's much easier to push back the launch date so that you can put in just one more killer feature, tweak the look and feel just a little bit, and get that copy perfect. It's much better however to just launch and improve as you go. It's a lot easier to determine which features are actually the killer features when you introduce them one at a time instead of all at once.
Once you set a date and time to launch, stick to it no matter what. You can always improve on your idea and launch again. The generally held belief that you only get 1 launch is a fallacy. If the first launch goes poorly, nobody will realize you launched twice anyway.
Obviously how long you should give yourself to launch your idea varies on the idea itself but I highly recommend something absurdly short - like this time tomorrow. That's enough time to put together an minimally viable product. Plus it would make for a catchy title when submitting to HN.
Also, I recommend you give yourself a hard deadline for launching each idea you work on. It's incredibly hard to launch. It's much easier to push back the launch date so that you can put in just one more killer feature, tweak the look and feel just a little bit, and get that copy perfect. It's much better however to just launch and improve as you go. It's a lot easier to determine which features are actually the killer features when you introduce them one at a time instead of all at once.
Once you set a date and time to launch, stick to it no matter what. You can always improve on your idea and launch again. The generally held belief that you only get 1 launch is a fallacy. If the first launch goes poorly, nobody will realize you launched twice anyway.
Obviously how long you should give yourself to launch your idea varies on the idea itself but I highly recommend something absurdly short - like this time tomorrow. That's enough time to put together an minimally viable product. Plus it would make for a catchy title when submitting to HN.
Good luck with your adventure!