This means everything:

There’s too much shit to do for me to take a Monday-Friday, 40 hours a week kind of gig

Sometimes the struggle can get so real, the "hustle" and the "between gigs" but so far I've never went to bed without food and I'm thankful for it. Having a 9-to-5 certainly will make you feel safe but also miserable, besides, will not allow you to get some gigs that get you make money while enjoying it. Management is key, both in time invested and in money.

The only thing I really have missed of the 9-to-5 is the steady of the paycheck (although I certainly make more by myself, but I can also be 3 weeks receiving nothing or having late payments) and human contact: I do enjoy a lot freelancing from home, but interacting with other people is something I miss from time to time, especially since from those interactions bonds were created and those bonds have led me to more freelancing. Lots of my income for the past 5 years have come from those relationships.