#Staying motivated for hobbies

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fair bramble
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I'll keep it short as it's kind of the same old same old, if I can be edgy for a moment when on earth do my hobbies actually, like start to mean something or prosper? I know hobbies are supposed to be fun and all that but at some point one wants to take it further and try and make a little cash or in my case try and make a career out of it later by getting popular. So far however, everything is just, it feels so hopeless whenever I do something.

I've vented my music frustrations and that I feel like that's not ever gonna get me anywhere and everyone just feels better at it than me, not to mention I hate how inconsistent it feels to gain any traction. I started with art a long time ago now and felt decent enough to try and take commissions, but even when I charge a low price no one wants them.

Now the cusp of my reason for typing all this out, I am trying out another hobby to see if I can make anything out of it, that being video editing. Right now plans are not in the slightest to make money but why does it already feel so hard? I feel like when I edit a video, if there is not like an explosion a loud sound or borderline professional editing people just don't stay interested, I didn't even have the energy to be mad at the time I'm just confused. Why does everything feel so useless to do? I understand I sound like a broken record but seriously what is the point of most of this, everything feels impossible to achieve.

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I ran out of words on the other one, so much for keeping it short but I'm just upset, video editing seems like a decent thing to learn but it stops being fun when I need a jump cut swoosh effect or some sort of funny noise just to keep people engaged, not even a decade ago the way I edit probably would have been fine. I feel like I'm just phasing out of all my options, not good enough at art to stand out, not good enough at music to stand out, blow up, or anything of the sort, and I feel like I'm just gonna end up disappointed with video editing.

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It doesn't help that I have applied to 22 jobs since leaving my last one at retail and still have been ghosted by everyone, if I had a stable income I feel like I'd be slightly happier, but that too also just feels nigh impossible to achieve.

keen vine
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As someone who's been working successfully in the creative industry: Don't try to get into this.
Follow a regular stable career and get creative on your free time, do stuff for private projects first and when you eventually get a commission let it take you from there.
Forcing yourself into an overcrowded dying industry is only going to leave you depressed.

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Keep your hobbies as a hobby.

fair bramble
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How has everyone else gotten into it then? I'm tired of everything being left to chance.

keen vine
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They either got in when the world was a better place, nepotism, or at a huge fnancial loss.

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A mix of the 3 for me.

fair bramble
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Lady luck is my rival at this rate, I just want a taste of good fortune in life, I can only be happy for others for so long until I want a turn being graced with it 😭

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I honestly commend people that stay positive in this day and age, I'm considering just taking up delusion fake it till you make it style