The Andromedus Galacticus Collection

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This is a personal collection of things I find around the internet.

Alright, so somehow you found this place. Here's what to expect:

Posts will be random; there are absolutely no themes here.
Posts may be overwhelmingly frequent (sorry about your sub feed).
Posts may be unbearably infrequent; you may forget you subscribed here.
Posts may be oh, so very boring to you.

Due to the nature of this place, you may find a bunch of stuff that you don't care about, but you may also find a new passion.

So, the gist is, this is a place where I'll share random things, and you'll discover the internet with me.

Oh yeah, I didn't advertise this place anywhere, so hey, how did you even get here?

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[x-post] - Hobbies have been killed by money making side hustles (www.businessinsider.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I fell into this trap with one of my main hobbies.

I've always loved Aquariums and plants, and found my favorite niche in aquascaping planted aquariums. It gets expensive. I needed money to support my hobby and life. I sold a few extra plants and realized I could start making the hobby pay for itself. Everytime I sold something I'd add to the fishroom. I made ok money and eventually built an impressive aquarium collection.

I got a bit burnt out, realizing I was spending all my hobby energy on farming and selling, rather than creating aquascapes. My selling channels also mostly dried up, and I don't have the drive anymore to search for other markets.

Now I'm weighed down with a fishroom that I still keep running, but pay little attention to. Not sure what I should do with it.

I still sell occasionally, so if anyone wants any aquatic plants or shrimp, I have plenty...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What an amazing hobby! I’m sorry it turned into a what it did. I’ve had this experience countless times.

Every time I want to start anything, my brain always blows it up into something so grand, that I no longer enjoy doing that thing. The processes become so tedious, that I become burnt out on the journey to become “the best”.

I’m having to put a lot of work to keep this community simple. I can still feel the creep of wanting to do more, like learning how to build a bot for auto summaries, etc. For now, it’s all good here though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

My brain does the same thing, but I'm trying to 're'learn how to just enjoy hobbies without having to push them to their maximums.

I will say, though, that built in automation is a good idea for even the simplest of hobbies, so bots may be a good move for you. My fishroom is mostly automated at this point. It's nice not having to worry about every detail of care.

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