I needed to hear this!! I have drifted from my love of photography because I wasn't making money with it. BUT I love it. Definitely going to get back in to it. Thank you!!
I think there's a societal message that tells us we have to be all-in or all-out on something. There's no room for dabbling or just enjoying. Something I needed to hear too
What we need is to shift culture away from money for the sake of money. My “hobby” is my full time career now, but I wouldn’t be able to do this to the degree that I do if I WASN’T making money off of it. Structure breaks me down. What little energy I’d have left would be for getting physical activity in after work, and this RUclips channel wouldn’t exist. Not because I don’t have fun, but because society demands we “pay the bills”.
I guess it depends on what the hobby is. If the hobby is drawing, there is little expense, but if my hobby is restoring old cars, it's going to cost money. So some hobbies are going to require money just to do them in the first place. I can shoot hoops on my own, but golf costs money just to practice at a driving range (and equipment costs). I suppose the question is, would I enjoy this if I weren't making money from it? And then, if I'm going to do this anyway, could I maybe offset my costs by turning it into a side hustle?
I needed to hear this!! I have drifted from my love of photography because I wasn't making money with it. BUT I love it. Definitely going to get back in to it. Thank you!!
I think there's a societal message that tells us we have to be all-in or all-out on something. There's no room for dabbling or just enjoying. Something I needed to hear too
Well said, Mark
I totally agree!
What we need is to shift culture away from money for the sake of money. My “hobby” is my full time career now, but I wouldn’t be able to do this to the degree that I do if I WASN’T making money off of it. Structure breaks me down. What little energy I’d have left would be for getting physical activity in after work, and this RUclips channel wouldn’t exist. Not because I don’t have fun, but because society demands we “pay the bills”.
I guess it depends on what the hobby is. If the hobby is drawing, there is little expense, but if my hobby is restoring old cars, it's going to cost money. So some hobbies are going to require money just to do them in the first place. I can shoot hoops on my own, but golf costs money just to practice at a driving range (and equipment costs). I suppose the question is, would I enjoy this if I weren't making money from it? And then, if I'm going to do this anyway, could I maybe offset my costs by turning it into a side hustle?