If you turn your hobby into your "job" you may not lose your passion for it (although I imagine some people do) but you think about it differently. It becomes your business. There are expectations and obligations with a business that a hobby doesn't have, which are often not enjoyable.
I turned my hobby as a guitar player into my job, mai…
If you turn your hobby into your "job" you may not lose your passion for it (although I imagine some people do) but you think about it differently. It becomes your business. There are expectations and obligations with a business that a hobby doesn't have, which are often not enjoyable.
I turned my hobby as a guitar player into my job, mainly teaching guitar lessons but also gigging and live-streaming. I still love playing guitar, but I don't love teaching guitar. It pays the bills, but I would gladly give it up. It a job to me. I still love gigging and live-streaming (performing) but it does feel more like my occupation than my hobby now.
I try to find opportunities to play for fun, not just for money. But once you start getting paid for your hobby, it is hard to think about it as a hobby. When you know you can earn money from a hobby, your mindset changes. It is no longer a hobby it is a business.
There is great value in a hobby that you do simply for pleasure. I believe we need to have those pure hobbies our lives. Not every hobby should be a side-hustle. Money does change things.
I think we need to do some things purely for the love of doing them. It is good for our heart, soul, and mind.
For sure, there are always thing we do just for pleasure. But your angst as to whether guitar is for fun or for work is kind of my point. 🤣 Isn't it a little bit of both?
Yes. It is both at the same time. But does that mean the pleasure is diminished? You will likely do it more out if obligation or need when it becomes your job. With a hobby you can say, I don’t feel like it today. With a job that is not always the case. There is a trade off for sure.
I am not saying it’s bad, but it is no longer a hobby. Nothing is perfect, but if you can make a living doing something you love that seems to be the best possible outcome. And surely beats working a job you hate for money.
Totally, I think the show Severance really exaggerates the difference between work and leisure to make the point that they can't fully be separate in our lives. But I love writing for a living because it allows me to spend my day doing it. Yes it means I can't skip doing it. But I like that too. (My singing career is really taking a hit because sometimes I skip whole weeks 🤣)
If you turn your hobby into your "job" you may not lose your passion for it (although I imagine some people do) but you think about it differently. It becomes your business. There are expectations and obligations with a business that a hobby doesn't have, which are often not enjoyable.
I turned my hobby as a guitar player into my job, mainly teaching guitar lessons but also gigging and live-streaming. I still love playing guitar, but I don't love teaching guitar. It pays the bills, but I would gladly give it up. It a job to me. I still love gigging and live-streaming (performing) but it does feel more like my occupation than my hobby now.
I try to find opportunities to play for fun, not just for money. But once you start getting paid for your hobby, it is hard to think about it as a hobby. When you know you can earn money from a hobby, your mindset changes. It is no longer a hobby it is a business.
There is great value in a hobby that you do simply for pleasure. I believe we need to have those pure hobbies our lives. Not every hobby should be a side-hustle. Money does change things.
I think we need to do some things purely for the love of doing them. It is good for our heart, soul, and mind.
For sure, there are always thing we do just for pleasure. But your angst as to whether guitar is for fun or for work is kind of my point. 🤣 Isn't it a little bit of both?
Yes. It is both at the same time. But does that mean the pleasure is diminished? You will likely do it more out if obligation or need when it becomes your job. With a hobby you can say, I don’t feel like it today. With a job that is not always the case. There is a trade off for sure.
I am not saying it’s bad, but it is no longer a hobby. Nothing is perfect, but if you can make a living doing something you love that seems to be the best possible outcome. And surely beats working a job you hate for money.
Totally, I think the show Severance really exaggerates the difference between work and leisure to make the point that they can't fully be separate in our lives. But I love writing for a living because it allows me to spend my day doing it. Yes it means I can't skip doing it. But I like that too. (My singing career is really taking a hit because sometimes I skip whole weeks 🤣)
As long as it doesn’t become your whole life and you have other interests. Like family and friends. 🤣
Oh yeah, but who would do that lol. I will choose living a peaceful and happy and beautiful life over having a craft anyday....
And writing helps me to learn and be creative and think through the things that are important to me while I do 🥰