Ask HN: How to Live and Learn?

Constantly refrain from making posts because I believe everything has been asked already. Or will be, but somebody probably asked it better already.

Did not graduate from college, been working for 7 years as SDE/SDM. Would like to stop working and start studying as in, reading for 4-6 hours straight/day. I don’t want to be poor and passive income is low. What high pay low effort/automatable job can I take? Was thinking testing or quality assurance at a local software company. Remote job might work but would need to be preferably EU located.

Somewhat decent setup at home but no isolated room for work/study reduces flow state bursts. Should I look into renting an office? Partner manages to study on the couch or kitchen table but I find it difficult to focus so easily.