How to Get Paid By Doing Your Hobby
Find out why you need hobbies, how to have them, and how to get paid by doing your hobby.
When someone asks, “ What is your hobby?”
You may immediately think of an activity that is fun, exciting, and makes you enthusiastic.
Because hobbies are things or activities you like that it is even able to make you spend a lot of money, time, energy, and thoughts on them.
Also, a hobby can make you do stupid things like spending money that is supposed to be used for others that are more important.
It makes you spend time more than you supposed to be.
It makes you forget and not do your obligate tasks.
It makes you have debt for it and more, you name it.
“At the beginning, you think it’s okay and you did it, for you love it.
Until you realize, it was a big and stupid decision.
You make a mistake but it’s too late”
Finally, this hobby causes you to conflict with people surrounding either your family, neighbor, or friends. All just because of your hobby.
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What is hobby
Do you know what is hobby?
What is it used for?
Is it really important?
What are the consequences if you do not do your hobbies?
According to vocabulary.com;
A hobby is an activity that you do in your spare time for fun
In the 13th century, the word hobby referred to a small horse or a pony. It later came to describe a toy horse — a hobbyhorse.
It’s from the hobbyhorse that the word’s modern sense of “favorite pastime” evolved. A hobby is something that you do for fun — not money — and you typically do it fairly regularly.
Collecting stamps, growing roses, reading — any of these can be hobbies.
And according to my perspective, “ A hobby is a way of expressing ourselves through enjoyable activities that we can release our emotions or pressures that we have”
Through these activities, we get pleasant satisfaction. So, thus a hobby is a way to maintain balance in our life
But the problem that often arises is that hobbies not only require time, thought, and energy but can also cost a lot of money.
How to get paid for your hobby
Do you know, some people out there want to spend their money on something that relates to your Hobby?
One day, you post on social media Facebook or Instagram, a picture of your simple lunch menu. It is a traditional food based on your family’s heritage culinary.
You do it just for fun and people give a thumbs up and start commenting on your post. They like it.
People love the food that you cook. They want to know the ingredients, where is it from, how you cook, what kitchen tools you use, and what secret herbs make it looks so delicious.
Boom! that’s your open door to start.
You can start by selling it, opening a cooking class, and more.
Whether you love painting, diving, trekking, photography, videography, traveling, do outdoor activities, you have skills in martial art, designing room interiors, gardening, writing, shopping, or whatever.
Just let people know you are a compatible person, and a trusted one that makes you the right person to deal with.
Keep posting your hobby on social media and do not hesitate to talk about it with people surround you.
What you do is about branding awareness, you are promoting your skill, knowledge, products, and services.
Of course, some people like it, and some people are not interested but you know what? Who cares! Just do it!
Hobby vs Business
You may find some people say, “ What is the difference if you start a business anyway!”. “you still need money, place, time, and other things, What a hassle!”
The above opinion is not wrong and correct neither completely.
But let us think about it, “any activities’ goal is to make a profit or to earn an income, it is a business.
The difference is you are starting a business that is not only for money but also for activities that you enjoy, namely doing your hobbies. You get paid by doing your hobby
Compare this with after your long and tiring weekdays of working. You have to arrange a schedule weekly or monthly for doing your hobby that instead of earning money, you spend a lot on it.
Do you know, after 3 years of the pandemic covid-19, people are more creative in earning money and some of them surprisingly turn into successful entrepreneurs starting from their hobbies?
Be one of them! Do your business, ups! I mean your hobby
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Okay! Then how to do that?
Here are 5 tips on how you can earn from your hobby;
1. Improve your skills and knowledge
Improve your knowledge by keeping learn everything about your hobby. Your skill will be better by practicing what you had learned.
2. Make a scheduled
Make a schedule to learn and practice your hobby. For example twice or 3 times a week with a duration of 2 hours. Your schedule will teach you about time management and consistency.
3. Join the community
Join a community or group that has the same passion as you.
Find them in your active social media or at your neighbor’. Your active interaction with them will provide a lot of information, training, insights, and business opportunities for you.
4. Promote your expertise
You can start offering your skills or products to people around you or to your community who have the same passion or people who are interested in your hobbies.
You can start free promotions by posting on your social media like WhatsApp groups, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and others.
Post regular activities, services, or products related to your hobby, so people around will know that you are the right person to contact later.
5. Be consistent
Be consistent with your activities so that you can establish good and long-term business relationships with people who have become your customers, business partners, or those who may be your next customers.
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What is your hobby?
Do not know what is your hobby?
Try asking yourself the following questions;
“What activities make you happy and excited?”
“What skills do you want to master to create or do something?”
“What made you want to pay for that?”
“What made you want to spend time on it?”
“What benefit do you get from that?”
Think and answers those questions carefully. Just take your time to find your answers.
You can make small notes as a reminder and when you have found the answer, determine what will you do as your hobby.
How to start doing your hobby
Have you got and determined one activity as your hobby?
If so, act immediately. Don’t wait for the right time.
Waiting will waste your time and makes you lose interest in it.
Enjoy the process of your new activity and have fun.
If you enjoy these activities even though it makes you tired but you feel satisfaction, it means you have found your passion.
Congratulation!
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List of activities that might become your hobby
Still, confused about what activities to choose?
The following is a list of hobbies that might help you;
- Writing
- Reading
- Blogging
- Photography
- Videography
- Graphic design
- IT programming
- Language learning
- Drawing
- Painting
- Carving
- Singing
- Listen to music
- Dancing
- Playing guitar
- Playing the piano
- Playing the saxophone
- Playing violin
- Playing drums
- Watching movies
- Travelling
- Sea cruise
- Land cruise
- Shopping
- Pets
- Collecting (Stamps, memorabilia, coins, fine arts, etc)
- Knitting
- Sewing
- Video games
- Poker
- Chess
- Bridge
- Cooking
- Baking
- Food hunting
- Karate
- Judo
- Jujutsu
- Kempo
- Aikido
- Boxing
- Muay Thai
- Silat
- Wushu
- Taekwondo
- Mix Martial Arts
- wrestling
- Running
- Jogging
- Walking
- Yoga
- Gymnastics
- Swimming
- Snorkeling
- Diving
- Surf
- Canoeing
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Football
- Tennis
- Cycling
- Skiing
- Ice-skating
- Skateboarding
- Snowboarding
- Automotive
- Riding horses
- Riding motorbikes
- Shooting
- Trekking
- Hiking
- Climbing
- Camping
- Gardening
- Farming
- Flowers arranging
- Fishing
- Sailing
- Rafting
- Hunting
- Bird watching
- Beekeeping
- Golf
Do you have any other hobby to add or experience to share?
Please tell us in the comments.
Hope this article inspires you!
