The problem isn't that you started doing it for money, it's that you didn't get much money in return. Your "business" has failed, but if you had managed to make

The problem isn't that you started doing it for money, it's that you didn't get much money in return. Your "business" has failed, but if you had managed to make money, you would've been satisifed. Turning passion to business doesn't sound right, as if you're selling your soul, if you looked at it like "I tried to make money doing it but the ROI wasn't good" like any other project, I feel like it'd have been more graceful.