It doesn't matter how nice your job is. It's still work.
@Kvelland Someone is telling me what to do, when to do it and where to do it. Not constantly, but more often than I prefer, which is never.
@Kvelland At one point, I was a contractor and had more flexibility, but that didn't feel like fooling around either. I feel that this drawing is spot on...
https://snabeltann.no/media/D7AURgj7UCSSfLLd2J4
@Kvelland If I have any duties or obligations at all, it's not a hobby. If I have to show up at an office more than 0 times a month, it's not a hobby. If I can't just bumble about and be as unproductive as I want, it's not a hobby. I don't really want to work for a living. I just do it because I have to. I think it would be very hard to turn my random on-and-off personal interests into anything profitable. I'm not devoted enough to any of it.
@Kvelland Among the things I don't want to do for a living, some are more palatable than others. Some of the palatable things can even be a bit engaging at times, but typically, the minute I start having fun, I'm put on some other task. I constantly seek these things, but they're never anything the management is interested in pursuing.
@Kvelland I can see exactly why they wouldn't want to pursuit it, but that doesn't make it any better. I have ideas in my field of work that I want to work on, and they wouldn't feel like a chore, but I would have to raise funds, network with people and start a company in order to do them. I helped out in the founding of the startup I work at right now, so I know what's involved, and I know that I'd never want to be a CEO. I just want to work on my stuff in peace.
@Kvelland That depends on what you find hard to do. I have seen what the founders where I work have done to raise money. Yeah, it's not complicated stuff really, but a sustained and persistent effort is needed, together with a healthy dose of confidence and optimism.
@Kvelland I have tried to pitch business ideas to people before, but I think my problem is that I often have ideas for things that won't really make money, or aren't in vogue at the moment, or aren't sufficiently disruptive or what not. I'm not sure if I'd want the responsibility of a CEO anyway. I most certainly don't have the inner drive for it.
@Kvelland I think what business people often fail to grasp is that not everyone's brains are wired the same way. Even smart and talented people's brains aren't always wired in the same way. I just have this gut feeling that tells me that I don't seem to be cut out for it. Yeah, I'm probably closer to being "it" than many people, but perhaps not quite there?
@Kvelland I tried to start my own business but I simply don't have it in me to do the things I saw the Lains brothers do to get BitSpace on its feet. I couldn't even create a consistent revenue stream for my one-man contracting firm. Meanwhile, the Lains brothers are raising millions in funds from investors and assembling a team. They claim they don't like the networking and the meetings. That may be so, but they are committed to their idea and have a spark and a passion that I don't.
@thor True. And, work is an important contributor to human flourishing.