I don’t believe passive income can’t be passive if it starts with active work or investment.

If I worked on something over a year ago and it’s still earning me money now, why can’t that be considered passive?

Once that investment or project paid me back for all the hours I put into it, the active income has stopped and the passive income has begun.

For the first month, few months, or even year the income may not be passive (depending on how many hours you put in), but if that book/article/YouTube video keeps earning after you’ve been paid back, that income is passive my friend.

Thank god for passive income, because I couldn’t have made it through the virus without it.