Lex DeVille
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I've been sewing since childhood. It's my biggest and the only hobby. A few weeks ago my friend asked me why haven't I started taking orders and sew for people, because I'm really good at it. And I started thinking about it. Soon I plan to buy a new, better sewing machine and I hope, that it'll be profitable.
Have you ever faced a similar situation?
This isn't going to work out well unless you consider how you'll turn this into a business. Hoping you'll be profitable is a good way to never see a dime. If you're going to buy a better sewing machine, make sure you'll be happy with it even if you don't make money because you'll be on the hook for it whether your products sell or not.
Yes, I've been in similar situations. I've fooled myself into believing certain purchases would open the doorway to profits and got bitch slapped by reality when it didn't work that way. Other times I bought stuff and made money almost immediately. But I didn't hope for profits in any of those situations. Always had a game plan even when it wasn't a good one.
You can test this idea without spending money. You probably should.
Doing sth because you like it is awesome
But it sucks if you need to do this to pay your bills.
Doing your hobby on someone elses terms is just another type of slavery.
You like weightliftng? Cool! Build a pyramid for me. There is a lot of weights and lifting invloved.
As long as you are not doing your hobby on your terms - its slavery
OP didn't mention anything about paying bills and anything you do to be profitable involves someone else's terms. OP is talking about starting a business, which means she would be doing her hobby on her own terms..so what point are you trying to make?