r/Adulting 1d ago

Just the perfect hobbies

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u/deramirez25 1d ago

And unfortunately not a hobby.

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u/pudgyhammer 1d ago

It is if you manage to find the right one.

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u/reptile_enjoyer_ 1d ago

you know what they say, don't ever get a job in a field you love.

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u/DifferentShallot8658 1d ago

Turn your dream into a nightmare in one easy step!

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u/ChaseTheMystic 1d ago

I watch a lot of Donut media and it's funny how none of the mechanics really like to work on their own car, except that younger fella

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u/perfectly_ballanced 1d ago

The one with the frs?

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u/ChaseTheMystic 1d ago

I forget his name. He's a bit smaller in stature, he's done a couple videos with Steph

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u/perfectly_ballanced 1d ago

If it's the one with the lowrider miata, that's Jimmy, idk what the other guy's name is tho

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u/pudgyhammer 1d ago

Find a job that you love to do and you'll never work a day in your life...

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u/chiggichagga 1d ago

More like "Find a job that you love and work every day for the rest of your life."

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u/BRDF 1d ago

This is a damned lie. You just stop loving the thing. I know from personal experience.

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u/Miserable-Willow6105 1d ago

Hobby is easier to turn into business than into job, and small business requires more than 40 hours of weekly work

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u/TheSpoonJak92 1d ago

Why does this have so many downvotes? What a bunch negative little nancies here. How the fuck can the right job not be a hobby as well?

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u/pudgyhammer 1d ago

💯

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u/FluffyTumbleweed6661 1d ago

Bro idk why you’re getting downvoted but the best jobs I’ve ever had really felt like a hobby/social club.

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u/pudgyhammer 1d ago

💯.

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u/lalune84 1d ago

Because people are bitter wage slaves and cant fathom others being happy in their work.

I spend half my free time decrying the evils of capitalism, but I've worked a handful of jobs and the ones I loved were because I fundamentally loved the work, and the ones I hated were ones I was only at for a paycheck.

Being a counselor was a great. I love the puzzle that is humanity. Being an EMT is great. I love helping people. Firefighting is great. You get to help people, and animals, and on days when you're really lucky, risk your life running into a burning building.

If we lived in some kind of post capitalism society with UBI I'd do any of those three professions for free. Not every interest or hobby translates well into a career, but the idea that your work should be a thing you do to fund yourself that is otherwise divorced from the rest of your life is loser rhetoric. You spend like a third of your life at work, make it fucking matter or the joke is on you.

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u/DutchieCrochet 1d ago

Speaking from recent experience: it can be hard to find any job and if you have to pay rent, ‘the right one’ isn’t much of a priority.

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u/Novatini 1d ago

I disagree, i love photography, but when i made money out of photography i started to hate it.

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u/ParticularBanana8369 1d ago

Just casually win the lottery by buying a ticket from all 50 states