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My gf and i have been catching ourselves trying to monetize things. It helps just to point it out. Like, we do art and we don't have to make an etsy shop for an
by thensome 4y ago
My gf and i have been catching ourselves trying to monetize things. It helps just to point it out. Like, we do art and we don't have to make an etsy shop for any reason. When those ideas come up, we try to think about the personal experience that we value, and try to be critical of the sources of pressure to monetize hobbies.
Starting an athletic hobby as an adult has been kinda helpful, because knowing there are already thousands of child prodigies who are better than me makes me not have to worry about getting good enough to turn the hobby into a side hustle. Start something for fun that only people who started at age 4 can be professional at, and the pressure to become a professional isn't there lol
- AtlasBarfed 4y agoYes but you can make a lifestyle blog of your athletic pursuit. It doesn't matter if other people are better than you at the sport, what matters is that you are better looking while doing it. You think 99.99% of yoga blogs are by people that are the "best" at yoga? You think a transcendent yoga master would care about peddling Lululemon tights to the masses? Don't forget the plastic surgery, filters, plastic surgery, toxic positivity daily affirmations, plastic surgery, and EPO/Steroids as appropriate to your sport. And plastic surgery.