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Things You Should Know Before Monetizing Your Hobby
Turning it into a business will kill your passion for it.
My best friend Tomas loves fishes. He started a fishbowl two years ago and spent every afternoon making it perfect.
I had many pictures every day of his news decoration ideas, from the fishes eating and videos of him talking about how he will improve their life. Then, one year later, a friend convinces him to do a fish business with him. They were very good at reproducing the fishes, and the earnings were good.
But the day they started their business was the last time Tomas enjoyed the fishes. I stopped receiving the daily photos and videos, and I didn’t hear him talk about it anymore.
Having fish turned from a hobby that gave him peace and satisfaction, and with which he rested from life to forced labor that produced stress.
“When you release the need to turn your passions into entrepreneurship, you are given the freedom to fully enjoy the act of doing.”
