Wow, this is epic! Nearly 2,000 pages, that's amazing.
Weird as it sounds, some of the happiest moments of my life come from deeply studying mathematics like this. When I finally cash out of the entrepreneur game, I'm looking forward to spending several decadent hours each day studying something like this again. Great fun.
You don't need to cash out. Just build a life where you can take sabbaticals often. That's what I've done. It let me raise both my kids, one to college age, one almost there, on my own.
Weird as it sounds, some of the happiest moments of my life come from deeply studying mathematics like this. When I finally cash out of the entrepreneur game, I'm looking forward to spending several decadent hours each day studying something like this again. Great fun.