Comments on: Can Doing What You Love Become a Chore?

By: Meet Mrs. Money from Ultimate Money Blog | Out of Debt Again

Meet Mrs. Money from Ultimate Money Blog | Out of Debt Again — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:02:09 +0000

[...] would love to be self employed if possible. I’d love to do something I enjoy and do it at my own pace. At the same time though, benefits are important so that’s pretty much [...]

By: Mrs Money

Mrs Money — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:46:36 +0000

I don’t think I’ll be able to make a bunch of money off my knitting. I think I’m just going to keep doing it for fun!

By: Mrs Money

Mrs Money — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:46:00 +0000

I know what you mean. I’ll sit down and force myself to write and I go blank. Then I feel like I write a bunch of crap! Other times I’m in the mood to write so I write a bunch of posts all at once. I figure do it while I’m in the mood.

By: Mrs Money

Mrs Money — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:44:46 +0000

I am going to try my hardest to make my dreams come true. I’m going to work on my little side businesses while I work full time. I’m hoping that by the time we get pregnant, I’m making enough money on the side to be able to stay at home. That would be awesome!

By: Mrs Money

Mrs Money — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:43:41 +0000

I hate when I make something, am in love with it, and someone is like “eh” about it. I made a shawl and people were like “you’re too young to have a shawl!!” I still wear it. I love it!

By: Miss M

Miss M — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:21:29 +0000

Yes, it happens to many people who decide to make a living with what was formerly a hobby or interest. Once it becomes a JOB, it’s no longer as fun and interesting as it once was. I’ve made the same mistake before, now I try to keep my hobbies strictly that and avoid the day dreaming trap.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:17:35 +0000

Yup! I’m with Kacie – whenever I force myself to blog I’m having no fun and it’s more of a chore…when I do it on my own time when I’m excited though, I love it!

Great post.

By: cavewoman

cavewoman — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:42:06 +0000

I’m one of the lucky ones who does what she loves for a living—-so my work seldom seems like “work”.
Oh—it definintely has its bad days. Nothing is perfect. But on the whole I am deeply happy doing what I do—-and I recommend to follow your bliss.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:47:41 +0000

I am a knitter, and I always have people asking me to knit stuff for them.
I recently informed a friend of mine that I would charge $50 for a scarf, based on the cost of materials, and the time I would put in to it. He didn’t want to pay that much, and the price he offered wouldn’t even cover the cost of yarn.
This is incredibly stressful.
I love knitting (I blog about it at http://www.knitnicoleknit.blogspot.com) and I would knit even if I wasn’t making money. But when people ask for something very specific, I need to ask for some sort of compensation.

When people under-value my work, it makes me want to give away all my needles and yarn. It just makes me sad

By: Kacie

Kacie — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:32:38 +0000

I think it’s very easy for a hobby-turned-sidejob to become a chore. Take blogging, for instance.

I blog for fun. The extra money I might earn is just a bonus. When I’ve tried to increase my earnings though, blogging quickly feels tedious. Not good!

I don’t really know how to strike a balance with that sort of thing.