[x-post] - Hobbies have been killed by money making side hustles
[x-post] - 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.
I fell into this trap with one of my main hobbies.
I've always loved Aquariums and plants, and found my favorite niche in aquascaping planted aquariums. It gets expensive. I needed money to support my hobby and life. I sold a few extra plants and realized I could start making the hobby pay for itself. Everytime I sold something I'd add to the fishroom. I made ok money and eventually built an impressive aquarium collection.
I got a bit burnt out, realizing I was spending all my hobby energy on farming and selling, rather than creating aquascapes. My selling channels also mostly dried up, and I don't have the drive anymore to search for other markets.
Now I'm weighed down with a fishroom that I still keep running, but pay little attention to. Not sure what I should do with it.
I still sell occasionally, so if anyone wants any aquatic plants or shrimp, I have plenty...
What an amazing hobby! I’m sorry it turned into a what it did. I’ve had this experience countless times.
Every time I want to start anything, my brain always blows it up into something so grand, that I no longer enjoy doing that thing. The processes become so tedious, that I become burnt out on the journey to become “the best”.
I’m having to put a lot of work to keep this community simple. I can still feel the creep of wanting to do more, like learning how to build a bot for auto summaries, etc. For now, it’s all good here though.
My brain does the same thing, but I'm trying to 're'learn how to just enjoy hobbies without having to push them to their maximums.
I will say, though, that built in automation is a good idea for even the simplest of hobbies, so bots may be a good move for you. My fishroom is mostly automated at this point. It's nice not having to worry about every detail of care.