Hobbies have been killed by money making side hustles
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Hobbies have been killed by money making side hustles
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I fell into this trap with one of my main hobbies.
I've always loved Aquariums and plants, and found my favorite niche in aquascaping planted aquariums. It gets expensive. I needed money to support my hobby and life. I sold a few extra plants and realized I could start making the hobby pay for itself. Everytime I sold something I'd add to the fishroom. I made ok money and eventually built an impressive aquarium collection.
I got a bit burnt out, realizing I was spending all my hobby energy on farming and selling, rather than creating aquascapes. My selling channels also mostly dried up, and I don't have the drive anymore to search for other markets.
Now I'm weighed down with a fishroom that I still keep running, but pay little attention to. Not sure what I should do with it.
I still sell occasionally, so if anyone wants any aquatic plants or shrimp, I have plenty...
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What an amazing hobby! I’m sorry it turned into a what it did. I’ve had this experience countless times.
Every time I want to start anything, my brain always blows it up into something so grand, that I no longer enjoy doing that thing. The processes become so tedious, that I become burnt out on the journey to become “the best”.
I’m having to put a lot of work to keep this community simple. I can still feel the creep of wanting to do more, like learning how to build a bot for auto summaries, etc. For now, it’s all good here though.
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My brain does the same thing, but I'm trying to 're'learn how to just enjoy hobbies without having to push them to their maximums.
I will say, though, that built in automation is a good idea for even the simplest of hobbies, so bots may be a good move for you. My fishroom is mostly automated at this point. It's nice not having to worry about every detail of care.
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