I do agree that we need to ensure we are not frivolous with how we spend our time but I also believe that we need to find a balance. We spend so much of our time and mental energy at work and thinking about work, we must find ways for it also to be fulfilling and not just in a monetary sense.
I am by no means in a financial position to just go YOLO and make stuff, but heck, I do not want to end up hating this craft because of pressures imposed by the system we did not choose.
Yeah I think we are in agreement. Finding that balance is so hard. I think my natural disposition is to lean too much to the fun side and forget the economics of things. SO I need to overcorrect towards the money side now. Hence the tone. Someone who's all in on money and hates his life already probably needs to overcorrect the other way
I have a suspicion I know where you are coming from and that the capitalist machine has a role to play here. I shared emotions I am dealing with at the moment in an article along the same theme here https://schalkneethling.substack.com/p/the-hidden-costs-of-creativity-in
I do agree that we need to ensure we are not frivolous with how we spend our time but I also believe that we need to find a balance. We spend so much of our time and mental energy at work and thinking about work, we must find ways for it also to be fulfilling and not just in a monetary sense.
I am by no means in a financial position to just go YOLO and make stuff, but heck, I do not want to end up hating this craft because of pressures imposed by the system we did not choose.
Yeah I think we are in agreement. Finding that balance is so hard. I think my natural disposition is to lean too much to the fun side and forget the economics of things. SO I need to overcorrect towards the money side now. Hence the tone. Someone who's all in on money and hates his life already probably needs to overcorrect the other way