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not monetizing your hobbies
if one more person tells me to turn one of my hobbies into a business i'm gonna go berserk. is nothing sacred in this late stage capitalist hellscape?
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@sbonifazi
Feb 3, 2025
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@milk_teeth
the whole point of a hobby is so that it's fun 🙃
Mar 4, 2025
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@13randon
I never understood when people say “do what you love for work and never work a day in your life” because you will take all of the fun and joy out of that activity and will no longer have that hobby as an escape
Feb 4, 2025
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@zenlikeme
It’s the fastest way of removing joy from something. Take something you love and now make it a form exploitation. Weird how that leaves you feeling icky.
Feb 4, 2025
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@_kzr_
Imagine reducing the joy you get from creating something to a dollar amount. I'll keep my 9-5. I don't ruin my love of anything to make money from it.
Feb 4, 2025
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@AveBean
I have so many hobbies I need to start monetizing at least one of em :/ I won’t tho hehe
Feb 4, 2025

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good for you if you are into that, but i enjoy making jewellery, designing press on nails and embroidering and sewing because its how I express my creativity and feel present. I don’t want to turn into a side hustle. why does everything have to be transactional and tied to consumption In order for it to be deemed valuable? I just want to make things for the sake of making things ya know?!
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@theeyah
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I intentionally don’t
A side hustle, to me, is something monetized or you intend to monetize. And that puts it in danger of becoming joyless. I have hobbies. Mainly writing and photography. The fulfillment is in their practice.
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