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Stop Selling Your Joy: The Case for Unproductive Hobbies
Have you ever picked up a new hobby (i.e. baking, painting, gardening, or knitting) only for someone to immediately say, "You should start an Etsy shop!"?
In a world obsessed with hustle culture and side income, we’ve been conditioned to believe that unstructured free time is "wasted time." But what happens when we attach price tags, deadlines, and algorithms to the things that bring us peace?
In this episode, we unpack why turning your favorite pastime into a business often kills the joy of doing it. We dive into the psychological reasons why external rewards decrease intrinsic motivation…
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