I ran my own yard mowing business when I was a kid. I appreciated the money, which came in handy for college and after graduation.
But I developed a deep and abiding hatred of doing yard work. I like building things, not maintaining them. Doesn't matter how good a job you do, next week you have to mow again. That's awesome if it's your business and terrible if it's your free time.
I had one and only one condition before I would get married. That was that I did not have to do yardwork after I turned 30. I lived in an apartment until I was 30 so I wouldn't have to mow then either.
First house had an acre. 2nd house had a 1/2 acre. 3rd house had .23 acres. My wife landscaped the yard (I helped, that's building not maintenance) and got the mowable area down to the same foot print as 2 cars. Squirrels, cats and birds loved it because there were lots of natural bushes and trees, the kind that don't need much in the way of trimming. She's working on our 4th house now ( .35 acres. ) to do the same. I'm helping with the landscaping.
It really keeps yardwork to a minimum. Plus all the stuff in the yard makes it a great place to play with my grandkids. Lots of places to hide and ambush each other with our light sabers, swords and nerf guns. Way more fun than plain old grass lawns.