Same thing happened with me and music. Granted, I was a teenager and nothing too serious, but loved writing some songs, getting known songs in new arrangements.

Same thing happened with me and music. Granted, I was a teenager and nothing too serious, but loved writing some songs, getting known songs in new arrangements. It naturally progressed into forming a band, then we started doing small concerts. Before I could realized, most of my time was in spreadsheets to register the costs, the supplies we needed, transportation, on top of getting everyone to learn the same songs. In the end I got so burned out that I stopped playing almost completely. Went from 3-4 hours a day to 0 over years. Not the same as the author, but same case of trying to monetize a hobby completely killed the hobby for me.