I for one will miss WPTavern greatly and I can empathise with your situation completely. I'm not a coder at all and started http://wpin.me to learn WordPress posting my experiences and reviews.

Whilst I am aspiring to the heady heights of other WP sites in terms of traffic etc (going up slightly day by day) I adopt a no nonsense approach in terms of reviews which is where I generate my income.

Perhaps you could have written guest posts for others to bolster income, ran competitions giveaways etc to add income from traffic etc.

You have an excellent writing style Jeff, perhaps you could write for a WP related blog to earn some cash on the side without the pressure of running your own site and associated costs. You may well feel relieved and start to enjoy yourself again.

In any case I thank you for the last 6 years and wish you every success for the future.