Hobbies have been killed by money making side hustles
Hobbies have been killed by money making side hustles
Hobbies are no longer hobbies when they require you file taxes. That's just a job.
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Truth. I enjoying making all kinds of different things and almost anytime I show anyone whatever my latest project is, it’s always “oh, you should make and sell these!” No. I want to enjoy my stress-free hobbies, unbeholden to the requests of customers.
I recently lost my job and have the luxury of not having to immediately find a new one. I love to cook and always have, but I'm also a parent of 5 kids. Now everyone is suggesting I open a restaurant. I keep having to explain that while I might be successful, I don't want to turn the one thing that's a labor of love into a labor of business. Especially a business that I know will keep me away from my kids during the exact hours I usually bond with them the most. I would hate to hate cooking, especially for my family.
The surest way to hate a thing you used to love is to try to make money off of it.
Grew up in love with computers. Went to RIT for computers. Got a job working with computers. Hate computers. Quit entire industry, love computers again.
This is honestly why I have an incredibly hard time doing personal software projects. I have TONS of thoughts and concepts that I have at various points started to play around with, but as soon as I start getting into the more mundane aspects, I just… can’t maintain my motivation, and I won’t even want to touch it for ages.
You will have no free time. All of your time will be spent at work, even when you aren't clocked in.
Zero income from hobbies here. I don't think I can make much money sitting in my boxers playing Dayz. Maybe I should start a Twitch stream /s
I knit and crochet for my mental health. There was a point where when I was a naive teenager I did try to make money off the hobby, but it made me utterly despise the hobby as a whole and turned something I used to relieve stress into a new stressor. I don’t sell my projects, and never will. I gift projects to those close to me, as well as on very rare occasion I let people buy me yarn in exchange for a project for them in my spare time. As well on occasion making projects to donate or give to be used in charity raffles.
I don’t know if it’s the psychological aspect of money or what, but it just ruins it for me and creates a stress I just can’t deal with. I also feel with my current approach it makes my projects even more priceless since you literally can’t put a price tag on it. If you get a gift from me, it means I feel that I know you well enough to cherish it and enjoy it. It’s why I love to knit for my grandma.
I also knit/crochet as a very industrious hobby. When people tell me that I should sell my items, I reply that they couldn't afford my items. It took me 100+ hours to make this sweater and the yarn alone cost me over $200. This sweater is in the ballpark of $1500 in value. You can't afford me.
I just got into knitting and I'm already dreading wearing anything I make around my family. "Can you make me a sweater, oh come on, why are you so selfish?" I dunno because it would be a month of work and hundreds in materials and no matter what I explained to them, it would just get treated like a random polyester sweater and they'd probably ruin it or toss it when they decided they don't like the style anymore... And my family is the kind to criticise any imperfections that didn't look machine produced.
People are used to fast fashion prices, it's disheartening.
Any time someone asks me to knit them something I ask them "do you support a living wage? How much should that be?" Then I quote them a price that makes them think I'm a jerk. If I'm knitting for them I'm either killing my personal time or not doing something else that makes me money. I need to be paid for my work.
I like to play music. I got to a point where I could make it a job, at least somewhat, but it became shitty very quickly, and realized that was not for me. I just play for myself now. It's soulfood. The whole self promotion thing is a drag as well. No thanks.
For years, I used to make soap as a hobby. Then I started earning money by selling them. Whaddya know, after 2+ years in business I had a mental breakdown and didn't want anything to do with soap anymore. The day I had to close down my business I was heartbroken but relieved.
nope.