I took advantage of the recent graduation season and hustled some photoshoots. It was a good experience where I met a lot of cool people and made enough to offs

I took advantage of the recent graduation season and hustled some photoshoots. It was a good experience where I met a lot of cool people and made enough to offset the cost of some new gear, but I probably wouldn't do it again unless I wasn't working a full-time schedule and could command a (much) higher rate. I already feel this encroachment in my main hustle; engineering is both a career and passion [1], but doing it as a living drains the reserves of wanting to do it outside of work. I recently watched an interview with Sofia Coppola right after Lost in Translation came out. She said that she made her living from her clothing company so that she could be artistically liberal in her filmmaking [2]. There's something about the truest "artist" being the one who can escape having to call themselves an "Artist." [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikigai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikigai [2] https://youtu.be/nsf7cMjPa2I?t=475 https://youtu.be/nsf7cMjPa2I?t=475