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There seems to be a virtuous cycle with making money doing something, where you learn to be passionate for things because they make money. The opposite seems to
by milesvp 3y ago
There seems to be a virtuous cycle with making money doing something, where you learn to be passionate for things because they make money. The opposite seems to happen with passion projects trying to make money, and I wonder if it comes down to reality vs expecations and being on the wrong side of dissappointment.
“I can’t believe what people are willing to pay for this” can be either a positive or negative statement depening on what you value.
- bobthepanda 3y agoI would say that the issue is really one of time. A lot of hobbies are leisurely, but running a business, meeting customer deadlines requires time management, and it doesn’t help that a lot of hobbies are labor intensive. There is a difference between knitting a scarf for a Christmas gift and making enough scarves, all the time, so that you can afford the roof over your head. And even more so if you have clients anxious about timelines.