Stop turning every interest into a side business
An interest can provide enjoyment, community or rest without becoming another revenue target. Deciding what you want from it protects its place in your life.
Name the purpose first
Is the activity for play, skill, connection or income? Mixed purposes are possible, but knowing the priority helps you make choices.
Count the invisible work
Selling also requires communication, delivery and administration. Try those tasks before assuming the enjoyable activity will remain the whole job.
Keep a protected version
If you commercialize part of an interest, preserve a small space where experimentation has no customer or deadline.
Try this today
Spend one session on your interest without publishing it. Notice whether removing an audience changes what you choose to make.
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