The Trap of Passion to Career | Humble Hustle #029
The Trap of Turning a Passion into a Career
The other week during a call, we found ourselves discussing passion projects and hobby businesses.
It’s easier than ever to chase your passion and it’s also more wanted than ever.
Who doesn’t want to make money from what they love doing?
We've all heard it before: "If you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life."
Yet, during the call we both realized our friends or acquaintances who have transformed their passions into successful businesses...only to burn out and hate what they’re doing.
In fact, a Standford Study shows it’s likely that starting a career through your passion eventually turns the passion into another job.
I personally love my job and I’m glad I pivoted to chase my passion in tech, marketing, and content creation.
But trust me when I say there are plenty of days where it’s a complete struggle and often it does seem like any other job.
If you’re building or have built a passion business, I’m sure you can relate.
Over the years, here are three essential pillars that I find help keep work a passion:
- Gratitude 🙏 – Knowing that I’m incredibly fortunate to be my own boss and wake up every day doing something I am genuinely passionate about
- Challenge 🏋️ – Making sure I am challenged every day and avoid falling into a boring hamster wheel of obligations
- Balance 🧘 – Keeping work and life separate is so important. We all need to keep some hobbies and passions strictly as hobbies and passions with zero intent to monetize
So, if you’re on a journey to turn your passion into a career, I urge you to keep the three essential pillars in mind, and best of luck with your journey!
Leica Q3 – A Photographer's Dream
Move over Fuji X100V, the Leica Q3 is now my go-to travel camera. But I still love the X100V let’s be honest.
10 Incredible AI Tools
It seems the first AI video really resonated with you guys so here’s 10 more AI tools I’ve been using and love!
Mac Studio – 200 Hours Later
My new workhorse complete with the M2 Ultra. Intensive tasks have never been smoother.
🍎Apple Corner: Smart Folders
Who has time to organize every single file on their Macs right?
Well, if you didn’t already know - smart folders sort of do that all for you. You have to give it a go:
Go into Finder, click File and New Smart Folder, click the Plus Icon, then the dropdown menu and choose the parameters you want to set up for auto folder creation.
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Let’s say you want to create a folder for photos taken on your phone.
Choose “Device Make” in the menu.
Then type out the device you want it to match, like Apple or Sony.
Then you’ll get all the photos from that device and you can click save to get access to that folder whenever you want!
While you’re organizing your Mac, take your organization to the next level with CleanMyMac X.
There’s a reason CleanMyMac X is always the first app I download. This simple, configurable software completes all of these actions for you on a regular basis. It runs full system scans, then removes unnecessary items so your Mac can run at its best.
If you’re keen to test out the updated CleanMyMac X complete with malware protection by Moonlock Engine, you can follow my referral link here to try all features free for 7 days.
🌾 Link Harvest
Driving Nissan GTR in Japan – This TikTok saw 2 million views overnight, seems like it’s a bucket list for many!
Why Oppenheimer will save Hollywood – An interesting video and yes, Oppenheimer was a solid watch!
Deep Focus Playlist – A playlist I’ve been really enjoying while working that you might like too
Nike Metcon 9 – This might be random but the newest rendition of the leading training shoes just dropped. Is anyone else a Metcon fan?
New Dune Wallpaper – Get early access to the new set of wallpapers, these are by far my favorite so far!
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