@JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange
2026-11-09 21:29 UTC
@Artemis201@mstdn.social My ex really likes to cross stitch gifts for friends. Once in a while she'd get comments like that, and she'd have to give a similar answer. When she spends 100 hours on a crafting project for a friend, she gets to feel good the whole time about how good it is looking and how much they'll appreciate it. If she spent 100 hours making something for money, 1. Nobody would ever pay her $1000 for a cross stitch for her to make something like minimum wage, and 2. She's sitting there spending her free time making something for some random stranger who she doesn't know or give a shit about...
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@elazar@phpc.social 2026-11-09 22:20
@JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange @Artemis201@mstdn.social I feel this. I love to sing, but the largest my audience gets is whoever happens to be at a karaoke bar at the same time. People have asked me before why I don't do it professionally. I have a day job that likely pays better than a music career ever would; I sing because I love doing it and the way it can enable me to connect with other people. I don't think I'd feel the same way about it if it was obligatory because of money.