queer-as-folk-punk

Eternally listening to midwest emo

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Queer Adult | POC | Anarchist | Gay Vampire |
They call me a "writer", I guess. Sure.
Multi-Fandom Enjoyer. I have succumbed to the 'tism.
Live fast, die young, punch fascists.
If you see me posting at 2AM when I should be asleep, no you didn't.


noescape
@noescape

crucially, this is the last time I'll be doing one of these posts. I'm rolling the dice, putting all my eggs in one basket, and then hopefully I'll never have to ask for money on the internet again.

TL;DR - I'm asking for a moonshot goal of $10,000 to never have to ask the internet for money in this way ever again. In exchange for your donation, I will write about or look at or cover the game or internet artifact of your choice. I am officially for sale, folks




bruno
@bruno

It's normal and expected to not get the same kind of joy and fulfillment out of something you do for money that you got from it when you were a hobbyist or just starting out professionally; the expectations and standards (both that you have for yourself and that others have for you) change your relationship to the work fundamentally. Living with that is kind of the cost of turning a hobby or an interest into a career.

For folks in that situation I think it's very invaluable to have actual hobbies or interests, actual forms of self-expression or fulfilling... not 'work-work' but doing things in the world that impact the world, let's say. A way of finding that joy outside professional expectations.

Even then though, like... I cook, right, and I have never in a million years wanted to do it professionally, but at this point in my life I've been cooking for myself and others for a very long time indeed and I've done a lot of different things and I've gained a lot of knowledge and so it does have a degree of expectation and standards to it when I do it that means that while it is fulfilling, it's not necessarily the same joy I had when I was just starting out and learning.

So really if you're in this kind of space, go learn a new skill because there is no greater rush than being a fucking idiot. I've recently taught myself CAD modeling and it's like cocaine to me because I am still in the phase where rapid improvement at a beginner level feels like being a genius.